When Divorce Hurts Too Long – Take the Long Way Home (6th in a Series) By Mary Johnson-Gerard Divorce is a process that takes different paths depending on each of our particular histories. Some people zip through a divorce as if it were something they do every day and for those who have [...]
Book Review – Your Healing Journey Through Grief By Stanley Cornils By Richard R Blake Guidance for Your Personal Journey Through Grief “Your Healing Journey Through Grief” is written in hopes of helping people find better ways of dealing with grief and to help them understand that what they are experiencing is normal, [...]
My father is a master carpenter. He is always equipped with the proper tools. Over the years, by watching my dad, I learned that different carpentry jobs required different tools. As a matter of fact, I have watched my dad paint our home, more than once. In all those years I never saw him use [...]
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Recovery from divorce requires us to make changes in our lives. Lots of changes. No big surprise here. For example, divorce almost always forces us to make changes in our relationships, our finances, our living arrangements, our health-related activities, our self-development, and our recreational and social activities. The logical prescription to speed our transition from [...]
“Divorce recovery” gives rise to thoughts like, “I never thought I’d have to do this. I’ve never been in this predicament before.” Or, “Everything is new and threatening. I feel lost and afraid things will never get better.” These reactions are normal. Recovery from divorce is difficult at best. It is not something we have [...]
Emotional Stages Of Divorce By Glen D. Williams Everyone’s experience in divorce is different. Any article on recovery needs to start with that. I’m not going to try and cover all the possible reasons and circumstances that vary from person to person. Instead, we’ll focus on things that are almost universal…the emotional stages [...]
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Divorce recovery takes time. This is a fact of divorce. The real question is, “How long must I endure the upset and pain of adjusting to my divorce?” While specific time predictions are not possible, we can make choices that reduce recovery time from several years to a few months. What Do We Mean by [...]
Recovery from divorce is bathed in ambivalence. We wish it weren’t so. We assume we will shed the past, much like a snake sheds its skin, and get on with our life after divorce without looking back. However, it just doesn’t work that way. A judge’s signature on a piece of paper does not make [...]
part 2 of a 3-part series Harlan Jacobsen Copyright © 2003 Children of divorce go through almost the same stages of divorce that adults do. Bewilderment – cannot believe this is really happening Anxiety – what catastrophe is this going to bring on next Anger – it isn’t fair Blaming – become depressed Fear- afraid [...]
Author: Jerald Young Divorce recovery takes time. This is a fact of divorce. The real question is, “How long must I endure the upset and pain of adjusting to my divorce?” While specific time predictions are not possible, we can make choices that reduce recovery time from several years to a few months. 1. What [...]