Life After Divorce: Insights from a Coaching Experience

My sister Suzy is a life coach and she has been very helpful to me though out my life but especially during the last couple of years. Suzy coaches women in the middle, she works with amazing midlife working women, who are watching their own life pass them by as they go through the motions of […]

How to Overcome Dating Anxiety and Enjoy Going Out

On the dating front, I met someone this week. He is really different then the handful of guys I have met so far. As scared as I was about the dating scene, I must say, it has gotten easier and I feel more comfortable going out on dates. You just have to relax and have […]

Emotional Journey: Attending a Wedding Post-Divorce

Today I am going to a wedding by myself, for the first time ever. My first thought is of sadness, since I am going through a divorce. My second thought is of loneliness since I’m going to it alone. I wonder how I’ll make it through the day emotionally. My third thought is of course […]

Divorce and Pet Custody: Navigating Your Rights

Still going through the divorce process, 10 months now, and my lawyer called me today. He recently received a letter from “the other side” that claims that “he” now wants the dogs. ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? After everything you did to me and now you want to take the dogs??? He is claiming that they […]

How Pets Combat Loneliness for Single Owners

Thank god for my pets, especially now that I am alone, (I don’t have any children). They really keep me company. I have a 10 year old Shepperd mix that was rescued as a pup, a 6 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback, acquired as a pup from a breeder and a 10 year old calico cat […]

Coping with Holidays After a Breakup

This will be my first Valentines Day, in 25 years, with no valentine. This holiday is really no big deal but it goes on the list of the things I have managed to get through for the first time since he left. I got through July 4th, Thanksgiving, my birthday, Christmas and New Years so […]

Moving On After Divorce: Finding Joy Again

As the days, weeks and months went by, after he left, I tried to stay busy. But that wasn’t always easy. I didn’t really have any hobbies or a lot of extra money to start one. I also didn’t have the motivation to do anything either. I had a little extra to meet a friend […]

Navigating Divorce Alone: My Journey to Financial Stability

Divorce. I can’t believe I am saying that word, let alone going through the process. And the cost… don’t get me started. I work full-time, but like a lot of the working world, I don’t make a lot of money. I had to do this with one income now. Mind you, he walked away and […]

From Heartbreak to Healing: Navigating Divorce After 22 Years

I never thought I would be here but here I am. I was blindsided. After 22 years of marriage, 25 together, he left me for a girlfriend he dated 29 years ago. Here’s how it went down…. All was good in my mind, as far as our marriage and relationship were concerned. Every couple has […]