Category Archives: Getting Divorced

What is self-compassion? It's different from self-love, self-worth and self-esteem. So, what is self-compassion? Extending compassion to yourself when it comes to feeling like you are doing something wrong or failing at something or when you feel ina...

I’ll never forget the first divorce lawyer I interviewed several years ago when I was first separated. Walking into her office a broken woman, full of fear and anxiety and lacking any self-esteem whatsoever, I actually left the meeting feeling wors...

What the heck? He asked you not to show up on Tinder because it was ‘just too painful’ for him. Now you see an announcement on FB that he is IN a relationship. And the woman he’s with has updated her status to ‘in a relationship’ with a dif...

I'm a divorced mom who has been divorced almost 2 years. My two young daughters and I moved into a small 2 bedroom apartment shortly after the divorce and have been living there for a couple years. Yesterday I put in a bid on a condo. I should feel p...

A reader asked this question: How do you handle going to work every day when your heart is breaking? Here's my advice: During my divorce, I remember times that I’d stay up all night, rethinking everything that went wrong in my marriage. I rep...