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Learnings, teachings and tips for anyone considering, going through or transitioning to the next stage after divorce from a single mom who’s lived it and knows where you are coming from!
5 Ways to Keep your Sanity When Divorcing a Narcissist
Divorce is hard, and even harder when your soon to be ex demonstrates narcissistic tendencies. Learn 5 tips that can ease your way through the divorce process with the help of a divorce coach as your guide on the side.
7 steps to help you cope with living together while going through divorce:
Setting ground rules for living together while going through divorce can be the game changer for your mental health and the mental health of your kids.
A Post-Divorce Discovery
A bout with Covid allowed me to slow down and recognize that the person I needed to get to know was not somewhere outside of me, but was really deep within me.
Divorce and Your Financial Future
Divorce can be the beginning of your relationship with financial independence. it can be empowering and inspiring to find that freedom.
The Divorce Freedom Story
Divorce can be both crushing and empowering. It ultimately leads to a freedom you may never have known possible. The shift comes during the transition, which can be painful - but no one said freedom would be easy!
The Hub, the Spokes, the Wheel
The divorce coach should be the client’s first stop. They act like the hub of the wheel, centering the client so they can focus, and directing the client to resources and experts outside that will support the client’s specific wants and needs.
Divorce Coaches are Ideal Support for Lawyers and Clients
Some people ask me why you would need a divorce coach if you already have a lawyer. It’s a great question. Sometimes, you need a thinking partner to ask you the questions that are lurking under the surface that you need to ask yourself in order to move yourself forward. That’s why you hire the divorce coach. You move from stuck, to star in the story of your life. And that makes you a more credible client who gets better results from their legal team.
Divorce Story: Peel Back the Layers
Our stories start way before our divorce story. Sometimes we have to really peel back the layers to get to the heart of who we are so we can reconnect with the best parts of ourselves and move forward in strength.
Don’t get stuck in divorce Mindset traps! 10 steps to get you on your way!
Divorce can lead us through many mindset traps. Here are 10 steps that can lift you out of the traps into freedom and opportunity.
January is Divorce Month - Let’s talk! It’s time to hire your divorce coach!
January may be the best month to hire a divorce coach!
Letting go of the pain we know (or the awareness that comes with knee replacement surgery)
Sometimes we hold on to pain we know long past its expiration date. Learn how I discovered that my knee replacement surgery could be a metaphor for holding on on to a long broken marriage.
Raise Your Glass!
Reflecting back can be the key to moving forward in strength and courage!
A Divorce Coach's Advice for Building the Best Divorce Support Team
How to build a stellar divorce support team - learn who may be the best support professionals for your divorce journey, starting with the divorce coach!
Shouldn’t I be over this by now?
Just when you think you’ve got it together, the holidays come crashing down and old patterns tear at your new fabric. Here are some tools to help you get through when your grown kids are pushing your buttons.
You’ve mastered loyalty! Now it’s time to turn that loyalty onto yourself!
Listen to my interview with Steps Back to You as we explore the trajectory of divorce turning weaknesses into strengths and negatives into supowers!
How Coaching Can Light Your Way Through the Holidays
Giving yourself the gift of support through the holidays can mean the difference between joy and distress. Hiring a divorce coach can light the way. Read on to learn 5 of the many benefits you will experience by hiring a divorce coach. Be grateful. Wishing all a Happy Thanksgiving.
Lately my soul has felt broken
Sometimes we feel like our souls are taken hostage by people we thought loved us - yesterday, 290,000+ marched on behalf of 240 people who in fact are held hostage by enemies who want destruction.
3 Steps that help you move forward when it feels the whole world is falling apart
Sometimes getting the right support is the best first step when you feel you are falling.
How is Your Heart?
When it comes to living in today’s world, it’s challenging to answer the oft asked question, how are you? What we really need to be asking is the deeper and more powerful question, How is your heart? In this podcast interview, I go there with Tovah Kopan and Rielly Karsh, the incredible team behind the #WeGoBoldly podcast.
Exercise Your Curiosity Muscles!
Ask questions, and then ask some more questions! Exercising your curiosity muscle gets you closer to getting what you want and what you need. You develop your clarity, confidence and courage as you flex your curiosity muscles.