Divorce support for women
When IronSpineSally talked about leaving her marriage with a note, she never used the words “having an affair’ but she did say she had met another man, who I’m going to call John, and they had become good friends. I asked her if she would have ended her marriage if she hadn’t met this other [...]
When her husband was deployed with the Air Force, IronSpineSally was forced to take more responsibility for the household and in the process learned she was far more capable than she’d thought. Then came the falafel fire and the moment she knew she had to end her marriage. That can mean different things: for some [...]
After discovering her husband was a crossdresser, Andrea knew she needed to get away, she needed time to think. So she left with her two children and went back to her home town. There she made the decision not to return to her husband. Five months later, Andrea was in court arguing for child custody. [...]
Today, I’d liked to share with you, The Ultimate Divorce Organizer from Laura Campbell, CEO and Founder of the D Spot. Laura offers teleclasses, workshops, retreats and private coaching around divorce. The Ultimate Divorce Organizer is a three-ring binder divided into multiple sections to guide you through the divorce process. Laura makes the point early [...]
Interestingly, the topic of using a private detective during divorce hasn’t come up much during my interviews, perhaps that’s not surprising since I try to focus on life after divorce and not life during divorce. Nevertheless, I suspect that quite a number of my readers are people who are considering divorce or may be in [...]
My current guest, Molly writes the blog, Postcards from a Peaceful Divorce. Aside from being a beautiful, calming title, I had all manner of questions about it because one of my universal truths is that all divorces are painful. Is there such thing as a peaceful divorce? Was it something Molly and her ex committed [...]
Today I’d like to introduce you to Molly who writes the blog, Postcards from a Peaceful Divorce. Don’t be fooled by the blog title. Molly would be the first to tell you that her relationship with her ex while close is not conflict-free. However, it was the concept of a “Peaceful Divorce” that made me [...]
One of the amazing women I’ve had the good fortune of meeting and interviewing for this project is Kathleen Christensen, who blogs at Head in the Clouds. Kathleen will tell you that the process of her divorce was long, tedious, exhausting and exasperating. What she will also tell you is that she could never have [...]
Grace feels that her children have suffered immeasurably because of her ex’s behavior. Grace’s Eviction or Excision post retold the story of when she took the children for a quick getaway to the family condo in Florida before the divorce was final. Once they got there, there was no trace of any family belongings; clothes, [...]
One of my universal truths is that all divorces are painful and the emotional process of dealing with the end of your marriage is often very long. Contrast that to the legal process. For some, it’s a quick and easy visit to the courthouse. For others, it involves months of wrangling and haggling over the [...]
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