Finding Inner Peace

“People are born for different tasks, but in order to survive everyone requires the same nourishment: inner peace.”  (Sri Sathya Sai Baba) Some avenues to inner peace include: Noticing your breath Meditating Walks in nature Quieting the mind Forgiving others and self Being gentle on yourself and many more not listed here. What exactly is [...]

You can’t make me!

You can’t make me get upset, be sad, get angry, feel badly, be hurt, or anything else.  You can’t make me do something if I don’t choose to do it.  You can’t make me say something I’ll regret.  You can’t make me behave poorly, act out, fly off the handle, or storm off.  You can’t [...]

Make Up Your Mind: Take It or Leave It

When we come upon circumstances in our lives that we don’t find pleasing, there are several possible responses.  One is to complain about it (and this seems to be the most common response), a second is to accept the situation ‘as is’, and the third is to leave (to remove yourself from the situation altogether). [...]

Friend or Foe? How Loved Ones Can Hold Us Back During Divorce

Submitted by: Tara Eisenhard I was lucky to have the support of my friends and family when I went through my divorce.  While I’m grateful, I also recognize how those closest to us can hold us back and prevent healthy closure. Upon hearing the news of my cheating husband and pending separation, a co-worker advised, “You’ll [...]

An Exercise in Forgiveness

Submitted by: Dawn Sinnott I was writing an e-workbook for a teleclass I was going to give on the topic of forgiveness.  As I always approach this type of writing project, I wrote down my thoughts about where I’ve been, how I moved forward and where I am now in regards to the topic.  Forgiveness [...]

Ask the Divorce Coach: Is it Time For You to Break Up With Your Ex Husand?

Submitted by: Cathy Meyer Cathy, I’m miserable and don’t know how to get unmiserable. My husband told me 8 months ago that he wanted a divorce. The marriage was not at its best but I had no idea the problems had reached the point of divorce. I was and still am devastated over this divorce. [...]

Divorce Recovery: Moving on And Letting Go

Submitted by: Shelley Stile The clients who come to me for help in letting go and moving on after their divorce discover that acceptance, a mandatory step in divorce recovery, comes in two stages. First we work to be in acceptance of the end of our marriage and then we move on to accept what [...]

Divorce Recovery: Beware Expectations

Submitted by Divorce Coach Shelley Stile In a nutshell, expectations are premeditated resentments and disappointments. They are self-sabotaging beliefs we hold that literally set us up to feel bad and keep us stuck in the pain of our divorce. They are in direct conflict with how the world actually works and are based on the [...]

Are You Suffering From “Post Divorce Stress Syndrome?”

Submitted by: Lee Block POST-DIVORCE STRESS SYNDROME!!  This is the hardest part of divorce.  Figuring out the “What now?”  After all, you thought you had it all figured out, but then the child support check is always late, your ex doesn’t always take the kids on his or her weekends, and you are always left [...]

Always Remember The Love

Submitted by Lauren Gray British law firms call the first Monday of the New Year, “D-Day.” In this case the D stands for divorce. We’re not aware of any similar survey of North American lawyers, so perhaps there is a spike in phone calls to law firms on this side of the “pond” at this [...]

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