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The Joy Series: When Joy Goes Silent
The Joy Series: When Joy Goes Silent Post 1 of the Joy Series The day my husband of 37 years walked out, joy didn’t just fade. It vanished. Completely. Like someone had quietly switched off a light that I had no idea how to turn back on. I had no idea it would take…
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You Can’t Afford Not to Fight: Funding Your Divorce When the Money Is Gone
You Can’t Afford Not to Fight: Funding Your Divorce When the Money Is Gone When my husband left, I discovered he had been quietly moving money into a personal account I knew nothing about. The only money I had was an inheritance from my parents, and he had been draining that without my knowledge. What…
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Dating Series: Meeting Someone for the First Time—The Perfect Coffee Date
Dating has evolved a lot over the years. Back when I was a teen, meeting someone often meant crossing paths at school or church, with a simple invitation to go out—easy and straightforward. Today, while some connections still happen face-to-face, many people are navigating the world of dating sites and apps. For those of us…
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Books, Beverages and More: Vampires, Ghosts and the People Who Haunt Our Hearts
Have you ever finished a book and thought, “I wish I could actually live inside this story for a little while”? Same. That is exactly why “Books, Beverages and More” was born. This is the place where pages meet real life, where a recipe simmering in chapter three becomes something I am actually making in my…
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Can Divorce Make You Sick? Sadly Yes, Let’s Talk About It.
Can Divorce Make You Sick? Sadly Yes. Let’s Talk About It. I can tell you from personal experience: divorce can absolutely make you sick. When I discovered that my husband of 37 years had filed for legal separation, the shock hit me like a physical blow. I had no idea this was coming. There was…
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Inspirational Quote “You Must Do the Things You Think You Cannot Do”
Inspirational Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt. You Must Do the Things You Think You Cannot Do “You must do the things you think you cannot do.”Eleanor Roosevelt There is something about that quote that stops me every single time I read it. It is so simple. So short. And yet it has a way of looking…
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Telling Your Story Through Journal Prompts: What Celebrity Would You Take to Lunch?
Telling Your Story Through Journal Prompts: What Celebrity Would You Take to Lunch? Welcome back to our monthly journal prompt series, Telling Your Story Through Journal Prompts. This series exists because your story matters. Once we are gone, there is no one left to tell it, and while the people who love us are busy…
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Beware the Narcissist: Flying Monkeys
Beware the Narcissist: Flying Monkeys Part of the ongoing series: Beware the Narcissist I research narcissism because divorce touches millions of lives every year, and far too many people going through that process have encountered it without ever having a name for what they experienced. In fact, one notable analysis of 3,200 divorce records found…
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Stress Relief and Self-Care: Yoga and Stress Relief
Let’s continue on with our series on stress relief and self-care. As I’ve mentioned throughout this series, not every method is going to be the right fit for everyone, and that’s completely okay. The goal is to explore different options and find what works for you. Today I want to talk about yoga. Now, I’ll…
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Know Your Options: My New eBook on Affordable Healthcare After Divorce
Navigating Healthcare After Divorce: What I Wish I Had Known After nearly 40 years of marriage, my ex left without warning. And in the middle of everything that followed, the grief, the logistics, the complete restructuring of my entire life, I had to figure out something I had never had to think about before. Healthcare.…
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