Tag Archive: New Career

Finding money for ice cream after divorce

In yesterday’s post about Susan, she shared how and why she and her husband are separated but not divorced. One of my first questions about this was what about the money? How do they work out child support? Turns out that Susan does get something akin to child support but she’s also trained as a…

Transforming your life after divorce

One of my favorite questions to ask during interviews is “what do you consider to be your most significant accomplishment since getting divorced?” Sometimes, the answer is a new skill, like learning to tow a ski-boat or starting a whole new career. Other times, it’s along the lines of “I survived divorce” or being able…

From divorce to happiness

During her marriage, Kristi and her husband had their own business. When she left their marriage, she also left the business and she is now doing something completely different – working as a divorce coach. (See The Divorce Encouragist for what is a divorce coach ). Kristi (@DivorceToHappy) has her own website and blog –…

The injustice of divorce

Divorce for anyone is a time of upheaval and change. How much change varies from person to person. My divorce happened at the same time I was going through a career change – I can’t say that one was caused by the other but the two were definitely connected. I was approaching 50 and on…

Blogging your way to a new career after divorce

To recap, this series is about Lauren, who blogs at My Life Incomplete. Lauren was with her husband for ten years (married for five) and they split up when she was 28. She’s been divorced for two years now. They have a son who is now four. When Lauren talked about finding the right track…