I didn’t read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up but I did watch all of the Netflix series episodes and fell in love with Marie, just as so many others have. The difference for me is, 6 months before the show premiered, I had downsized from a five bedroom, 2 bathroom home (on an acre) to a 2 bed-2 bath…
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In many of the emails I receive, women reference their home as “being broken” after divorce or they may be been told that if they get a divorce their children will come from a “broken home.” This was a phrase that I wrestled with while I was married. Looking back, it kept me trapped in my marriage and fearful of…
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I rarely hear from a woman who wants a divorce. Women may know they’re in an abusive or adulterous marriage or have been abandoned, but instead of seeking a divorce, they separate and wait for their husband to make the first move. Many women just don’t want to be divorced. That’s why I write a lot about surviving an unwanted…
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Should I stay or should I go? A common question married women ask when they start to investigate a troubled marriage. Is this really abuse? How do I know the difference? I remember when I first uttered those words. I was sitting in the master bathroom with the door closed and the fan on trying to drown out that I…
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I hear this question often. Did my narcissist ex-husband ever love me? And at one time I wondered the very same thing myself. I think it’s very normal to wonder; to ponder the relationship and if feelings were true for both parties – especially if we experienced a sudden unwarranted divorce. We know our own hearts but do we truly…
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I’ve been writing about divorce since Decemeber 2014 and coaching (or mentoring) women for at least the last four and a half years. The biggest struggle that I’ve helped women through is learning boundaries and how to deal with conflict – even with people who refuse to resolve conflict. The main reason they want to deal with these issues is…
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Feeling guilt and having second thoughts during and after divorce is a big struggle that women deal with. Almost every email I receive has at least one sentence saying something about this topic and how hard it is to deal with. When the woman files, she often feels that she has done so too quickly or without good reason. What…
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