Wondering how to start dating after divorce and infidelity? If you were cheated on and find yourself single again then how do you begin to trust and date again? Infidelity survivors didn’t just divorce because they fell out of love or realized
Joan bishop has been a family mediator for the past 15 years. She herself is from a fractured family, a process she still recalls vividly to this day, when she had to give evidence at her parents divorce at the age of
It is so easy nowadays to reconnect with a long ago love. There are various online sites from social media to searching for classmates, which facilitate getting in touch again. What starts out as curiosity regarding the one who got away can
I have abandonment issues. My birth mother had to give me up when I was five years old. Though I landed in a wonderful adoptive family, my adoptee status was never discussed. The time: right after WWII, and closed adoptions were the
I cam across this post on “The Benefits of Solitude” by Prof Stephen Joseph recently and thought it really appropriate in letting us know that being alone is not only all right but can indeed be necessary for our welfare and wellbeing.
Edith was barely twenty when she married a man whom she discovered later was labelled a sociopath. Max was handsome, charming and determined to have her hand in marriage. Little things did not add up right. Max told conflicting stories and blamed
There are rituals surrounding transitions in life – except for divorce. My sons even had a graduation ceremony between nursery and primary school. There may be a party to announce an engagement followed by a bridal shower and later a hen night.
How do some people manage to bounce back after their divorce? One reason may be that they have had time to get used to the idea, they perhaps even instigated proceedings, knew where they would be going, what they would be doing
Most of us have stories about “The One That Got Away.” He might have been a high school crush or the lovely woman from a previous job. When we hit a bumpy road in life, such as with divorce, we wonder “What would
Of course divorce is a difficult process. It’s more often than not shrouded in anger, animosity and resentment. Children get caught in the middle of it all and families and friends are split at times forever. Yet despite all this, divorce has it’s
Pierre, a talented pastry chef, lived outside of Paris and when he was thirty-five, he immigrated to America. He opened a large bakery in San Francisco which was a tremendous success and he eventually hired a team of pastry chefs to do most of
