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Antonia Ragozzino wrote a fiction book, Taking Out The Trash based on her experience of life after divorce: I was twenty-eight when my husband left me on Thanksgiving weekend. He used to take the trash out and I literally hated taking out the trash. I had this big beautiful house, this big long driveway and [...]
When I asked my current guest, Rhoda what was the most significant lesson she’d learned from her divorce she said, “…that I don’t need a man to be happy.” It seems such a simple answer yet it speaks to something I think many of us struggle with living in this very coupled culture. Here’s Rhoda: [...]
Hey everyone, my name is Jeff Kappel. My cousin Sam, who is more like my brother, and I are both personal trainers. We have a deep passion for all things health and fitness, and enjoy helping people by adding more quality to their lives in any area we can. Personal training really ends up being [...]
Are social networks such as Twitter and Facebook part of your daily diet? They make it super easy to stay in touch but it’s also super easy to post an update you’ll regret later. Divorce coach Tara from Relative Evolutions says there are many reasons why people dealing with the end of their marriage should [...]
Nancy B has been divorced now for some eighteen months and her life has changed. She’s gone from working with her husband raising a child in the LA area to being a single woman in her fifties, an empty-nester looking after her elderly mother in a small town in Minnesota. Even though Nancy B is [...]
When Marjorie could no longer stay with her friend, she was still unemployed, and being barred from the marital home, she was sure she was destined for the homeless shelter. Then, she says she put her trust in God and her life started to turn around. Here’s Marjorie: [contemplate1] I did believe in God before [...]
When Andrea decided to leave her marriage, she moved some five hundred miles back to her home town and was surprised by how much support she had. Here’s Andrea: [contemplate1] I was really surprised at how supportive the people who love you are. When they know what’s going on, like the neighbors on my street, [...]
Knowing something of the relationship Carolyn had with her husband and the little decision-making she had, gave me an appreciation for Carolyn’s courage in leaving the marriage. I think by the time she made that decision, she was well on the way to having the skills to survive divorce although she probably didn’t recognize it [...]
Antonia (author of Taking Out the Trash) was twenty-four when she married the first time and twenty-eight when she divorced. She was married again for two years in her early thirties. Now, at thirty-nine, she’s mastered the art of living alone. Here’s Antonia: [contemplate1] I was never spoiled, but my father worked very hard and [...]
In the last couple of posts, we’ve talked about our culture of marriage, the expectation that marriage comes with adulthood. I think there is also the expectation that we will have children and for most of us, that expectation is met by our own desires. Although medical advancements have made it safer for older women [...]
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