Your Relationship Is Over…..Your Life Is Not!
“Don’t be afraid to start over. This time, you’re not starting from scratch, you’re starting from experience.” Unknown At the start of 2020 I experienced something I never saw coming. Almost 10 years on from my divorce, I was
Valentine’s day after a divorce can bring painful memories of happier times. Even if you were never a “Valentine’s Day person” it’s normal to feel a sense of loneliness on this most coupley of days, which emphasises the fact that
“If you don’t heal what hurt you, you’ll bleed on people who didn’t cut you” – unknown The wounds of our past impact on every relationship we ever have. Whether it’s insecurities with a lover, or an inability to
New Year’s Eve, with it’s positive celebrations, can feel bitter and painful when you are without the person you thought you would be spending your life with. The period leading up to a New Year is commonly a time
At Christmas in 2009 I was blissfully unaware that my marriage was in trouble. My husband and I had two young sons and I’d recently given birth to a baby girl to complete our family. We had worked
Divorce brings a huge range of emotions and stresses to deal with; how are you helping yourself handle them? You might think that the biggest challenge to moving on is missing (or resenting) your ex, conflict around the break-up or
My first Christmas post-break-up was emotionally tough; it was 10 months after my marriage had ended and the resurgence of grief took me by surprise. Special occasions can knock you off guard just when you think you are coping, and
Can you get quiet and hear the voice inside you that knows what you need? At one of my lowest points after my marriage broke up, I could not see a way forward. I was exhausted with emotion, drained from
I recently watched a TV phone-in, where there was a call from a woman who was still unable to move on 50 years after her relationship had ended. The couple had had a child together, so he remained in her
When I was going through the early stages of my break-up and the pain was unbearable, my immediate divorce goals boiled down to one: “I don’t want to feel like this anymore”. I wanted anything to take away the heartbreak