Author Archives: Mandy

Throwing your marriage away?

In the first post featuring songwriter, Terry Radigan, she shared that although the songs on her album, The Breakdown of a Breakup are presented in an order that follows her progress through divorce, her emotions didn’t follow such a neat and orderly path. At times she was taken by surprised by the emotions she was…

Dealing With Emotions After Divorce

Last week I introduced you to songwriter, producer, Terry Radigan and her new album, The Breakdown of a Breakup which captures her journey through divorce after her twenty-year marriage ended. I also had the chance to interview Terry and want to share our conversation with you: You’re a well-established songwriter and you’ve written for a lot…

Envisioning and Creating Your Future

Life after divorce is all about starting over. Many of the women I’ve interviewed have described going through divorce as having the rug pulled out from underneath them. It is often a time when everything that was familiar changes and changes very suddenly. No wonder it’s considered to be one of the most stressful life…

Tough Decision After Divorce: Rent or Own

In last month’s guest post, financial expert Suzanne Cramer shared the lowdown on refinancing – something that many divorcing couples have to do if one partner is keeping the marital home and has to buy out their partner. Before you get to that stage though, deciding whether you should own your home or rent should…

The Breakdown of Breakup

Songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Terry Radigan’s new album set for release on February 14, is being marketed as an “anti-Valentine’s Day” record because it chronicles the singer’s own journey after her twenty-year marriage came to an abrupt end. Radigan says that writing these songs was the way she got through her breakup. The Breakdown of…