Category: * Divorce healing

Does Time Heal? They Say 18 Months – I Say 21 Days!

Posted on February 9th, 2015

A survey covered in this Daily Mail article interviewed 155 people and found that breakups take 11 weeks to get over on average. The article also says it takes 18 months to get over a divorce. Actually, I’d say with no good strategy, even breakups take 18 months to heal from. It may take just […]

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Got a Gut Feeling? Your Gut Might Cause ALL Your Feelings!

Posted on January 13th, 2015 Got a Gut Feeling? Your Gut Might Cause ALL Your Feelings!

Do you ever get a gut feeling about something? I was fascinated to learn that our gut and the health of our gut plays a huge role in how we feel. Almost as much, perhaps even as much, as our minds do. We spend all our time working our brain and the rest of our body to boost our emotions, […]

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7 Ways Bad Divorce Etiquette is Blocking Your Recovery

Posted on December 22nd, 2014 7 Reasons Your Bad Divorce Etiquette is Stopping Your Recovery

Four days into my divorce I hadn’t eaten for three days, I’d been in my tracksuit for 36 hours straight and had chain-smoked 40 cigarettes – and I’m not even a smoker. A huge pile of laundry lay on the couch waiting to be ironed, and used tissues were everywhere. The house was in absolute […]

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Sick of Suffering for Others? Stop Being a Martyr!

Posted on December 8th, 2014 Sick of Suffering for Others? Stop Being a Martyr!

How can you give so much but feel so empty and angry? If you’re a martyr, you’re selfish and you’re not giving freely. You tell others you are, but you’re not. And because of this you’re suffering in silence… and causing it all yourself. The motivation of a martyr is to sacrifice themselves for someone else […]

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Stop Fixating On Your Ex and Focus On Yourself!

Posted on December 1st, 2014 Stop fixating on your ex - Focus

Let me tell you a bit about one of my clients, I’ll call her Molly… Molly came to see me towards the end of 2009. She’d been divorced for six years and in all that time hadn’t stopped obsessing about what her ex-husband was up to. In the beginning, she would talk about only one […]

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Superstition Makes You Stupid!

Posted on November 5th, 2014 Superstition Makes You Stupid!

Do you have to follow some little daily ritual or your whole day goes pear-shaped? Then stop for a second. And think about it. Actually think about it. Then stop for a second. And think about it. Actually think about it. Your life being great is not dependent on getting out of bed with your […]

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Stop Saying “I’m Fine” When You’re Not

Posted on October 22nd, 2014 Stop Saying “I’m Fine” When You’re Not

There are a couple of great untruths in this world: Ticking the box to confirm that you’ve read the Terms and Conditions, telling your kids you’ll help them find the packet of skittles that you ate a few hours ago, and replying “I’m fine” every time someone asks you how you are. This is a […]

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Are You Defeated – or Stronger – for Your Trauma?

Posted on September 12th, 2014 Are You Defeated – or Stronger – for Your Trauma?

A young woman went to her mother one day and told her despairingly about her life and how things were so hard for her. She just didn’t know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new […]

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Finding Time for Yourself – Taking Your Mind off Divorce

Posted on July 24th, 2014 10 No-Bullsh*t Steps to Becoming the Best Version of yourself that You Can Be

Going through a divorce can be both emotionally and physically exhausting; although recreation may be the least of your worries, finding some time to relax and unwind is highly important. Performing some therapeutic activities is the perfect way to relieve stress and remain physically active during difficult times. Divorce can be financially crippling; however, these […]

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New Year, New You: Don’t Be Like Bacon-Loving Man. Create a Healing Goal to Move On!

Posted on December 30th, 2013

So you ate your body weight in mince pies, turkey, chocolates and drank enough mulled wine to pickle yourself. Now what? Now it’s time to dust yourself off and begin to think about 2014 and the NEW YOU you want to bring into being. It’s an opportunity to become clean, fresh, new and shiny bright. It’s […]

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