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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The National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) reveals that financial infidelity can be just as significant among couples as emotional/sexual infidelity. (Source) **This is part 3 in a series about how to financially survive divorce. Read all of the posts.** What is Financial Infidelity? Plainly defined, it’s doing things with finances that you keep a secret from your partner. It…
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To get to your destination of Financial Freedom after divorce you need to go through the towns of Saving and Budgeting to get there. (Paraphrasing what Christina Lynn said.) This is part two of a three-part series about how to financially survive divorce. I’ve used many budgets since meeting with a financial mentor as a young adult – after ruining my…
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In the last couple of months, I’ve gotten to know Christina Lynn, a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®, with Lynn Financial, LLC. I told her about the reader survey I did in early 2018 where readers shared they wanted financial help and advice to survive divorce. So today, we’re going to discuss how Christina financially survived divorce as well as how…
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