Painted Pink Toenails: Today I Breathe Again!

Submitted by: Robin Dake I painted my toenails last week. At one time, I kept red polish on my toes – bright red, happy red. I had tried other colors, but kept coming back to red. At one time, I sparkled. But somehow, in this last year, as my 18-year marriage crumbled, cleaved, then ended, [...]

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 [...]

Time For Yourself in a Blended Family

Submitted by blended family expert, Shirley Cress Dudley Being a stepparent is tough.  Really tough. You want to keep your spouse happy, their kids happy, your kids happy (if you have some biological kids) and usually anyone else that comes within three feet of you happy. Admit it… you’re the one in the family that’s [...]

Are You Content on Your Own Since Your Divorce?

Submitted by: Big Little Wolf A few days ago, I spent a few hours with a woman I’m just getting to know. We sat at her kitchen table, chatting about a little of this and a little of that. Of course we talked about our children. She has two teen girls about the same age [...]

How to Look Good Naked

Submitted by: The Wild Mind How to look good naked It seems looking good naked is on everyone’s mind after these days. There is an excellent post over at Big Little Wolf’s Daily Plate of Crazy about physical appearance vs. feeling good. She brings up a number of great talking points on the topic of [...]

Living Alone and Becoming “Set in Our Ways” After Divorce

Submitted by Delaine I’ve always believed it’s healthier to stay single for awhile after divorce verses throwing ourselves into another serious relationship; divorce is a huge life transition and requires time to process. But while lunching with some girlfriends this past weekend, Hali, my best friend warned: “I think people have to be careful not [...]

The Olympics: A Call Beyond Our Boxed-In, Stressed-Out Lives

Have you caught any of the Winter Olympics since they started?  Or are you too preoccupied with messy divorce matters?  Cause I think we all have something to gain and learn by tuning into these Games - not just by sharing in the triumphs and failures of our athletes, but by temporarily merging with something that is far bigger than ourselves and our troubled lives. [...]

The Transformational Power of Emotional Pain

Submitted by: Malou I have been living a life short of a fairy tale until that fateful day last year. A job, a wonderful husband, a delightful daughter, a big house complete with a garden, a whole room dedicated just for my clothes and shoes….I was a princess!! The only thing missing was a dog [...]

How to Get Off The Couch and Back on the Treadmill

Submitted by: Cathy My life over the last few months has been about work…making Divorced Women Online the best I knew it could be. Then there is the elderly parent and the teenage son. They don’t take a lot of time but they do deplete emotional energy which leaves less motivation to get up and [...]

Mirror Mirror On The Wall, Where Did These Droopy Triceps Come From?

Submitted by Delaine It happened about a month ago.  I was standing in front of my bathroom mirror in a towel and for whatever reason, I held my left arm out to the side.  And that’s when I saw it: movement.  More movement.  Even MORE movement: my tricep was swaying back and forth like laundry [...]

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