Divorce support for women
After twenty-years of a sexless marriage, and years of marriage therapy, Lisa was seriously considering divorce but thought they should give the marriage one last chance. Wanting to go to New York City to try and ignite some intimacy, she left the hotel booking to her husband. Imagine her horror and disappointment on entering their [...]
I’m starting a new series today and would like to introduce you to Lisa Wynn who’s been divorced now for over two years. Lisa struggled with a sexless marriage for over twenty years. In her mid-forties she couldn’t stand it any longer and chose to end the marriage. She knew that getting divorced was going [...]
Today, I’m starting a new series and I’d like you to meet Swati. Swati is a fellow blogger and writes The Single Mothers Chronicles where she posts about life after divorce and now life as a blended family, since Swati got married again on New Year’s Eve! Swati was divorced about seven years ago when [...]
At first when Julia’s husband told her he wasn’t going to counseling anymore and he wanted a divorce, she begged him to stay. He left and five months later when he said he wanted to be with her, Julia said no, she’d rather be a single parent. I asked her why she changed her mind. [...]
Jenni was with her husband for about fifteen years and was thirty-six when she decided to leave the marriage just over a year ago. Her marriage had been in troubled for a long time and had spiraled downhill five years ago with her infidelity and drug problems. In a failed attempt to hide a sexual [...]
Today, I’m starting a new series and would like to introduce you to Jenni. Jenni contacted me after she read about Since My Divorce in the Graying of Divorce article in the Denver Post and she agreed to share her story. Since she lives close by, we met for coffee. It wasn’t an easy interview [...]
Susan was with her husband for twenty-two years, many of them very difficult years due to his PTSD and brain injuries. Five years ago, she realized the marriage was unhealthy and she could not continue. I asked her if her marriage vows made it difficult for her to leave her husband who was obviously sick. [...]
Today, I’d like to introduce you to Susan who has been separated from her husband for five years now after being together for twenty-two years. They have two children who are now seventeen and nineteen. It was not an easy marriage – Susan’s husband had combat PTSD from the Vietnam War but with hindsight Susan [...]
I’m starting a new series today and would like to introduce you to Mardell. Normally, I like to start a series with a little background on the interviewee, like how long she was married for, how long she’s been divorced, how old she was when she got divorced, etc. It all helps to add context [...]
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