Making Purpose From Pain
Not a single one of us will make it through life unscathed by something that shakes us to our core, brings us to our knees, changes us on an elemental level. Some people experience...
Tagged: life after divorce
The Only Thing You Need To Do To Trust Again After Betrayal
Once you have been betrayed by someone you really believed in, you will wonder how you can ever trust anyone ever again. Betrayal can come from a parent, a partner, a friend. People are...
How Trying To Control Everything Controls You (and 6 Things You Can Control)
Control is an illusion. It is born out of fear-usually a fear of loss or pain. If we can control the events and people in our lives, we believe we can reduce the possibility...
People are going to people
One thing I’ve learned-People are always gonna people. People are often selfish, dishonest, hateful, jealous, judgmental and resentful. In life, people will probably betray you, deceive you and disappoint you. The ones that you...
The Joy and the Suck
I have become very skilled at finding positives in challenging situations. Looking for the good, focusing on gratitude, taking what comes my way and making something meaningful from it, doing all the positive, self...
Comfort Zone
For most of my life, I clung to the familiar. I loved my comfort zone and that is where I intended to stay. I said no to a lot of things that challenged me,...
The Freedom of Forgiveness
Forgiveness is powerful. I used to believe that forgiving meant letting someone off the hook. I used to believe it was for the other person, and you had to be a martyr to forgive....
The Stages of Grief
During divorce, you will probably go through the five stages of grief. What I didn’t know is that grief is not linear. You don’t just go through the stages like a series of college...