Tag: divorce healing

Poor Me Syndrome (PMS) vs. The Art of True Self Compassion

Posted on February 27th, 2015 Poor Me Syndrome - Naked Divorce

“It’s all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished.” ― Debbie Macomber Things go wrong in life and when they do, it’s easy to feel like the odds are stacked against you. All of a sudden, the world is out to get […]

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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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Don’t Eat That Cookie! Are You Healing or Avoiding?

Posted on January 5th, 2015

When you were young did your mother use to say, “Don’t cry. Here, have a cookie and you’ll feel better”? And you ate the cookie, got distracted and yes, you did actually feel a bit better… for ten minutes. Then the pain came back, and it was time for another cookie. Does this sound at all familiar? […]

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7 Reasons Your Bad Divorce Etiquette is Stopping Your Recovery

Posted on December 22nd, 2014

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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Are You Defeated – or Stronger – for Your Trauma?

Posted on September 12th, 2014

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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“I’M NOT READY YET” The Price for Suffering

Posted on June 22nd, 2012

I’m not ready” A very common phrase we ALL use. A case of: Not being prepared for what one is about to do or experience; Not equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event, Not prepared for immediate movement or action. What can be debated is; whether being “Ready” is a […]

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Your divorce: Are you an Eeyore or a Tigger?

Posted on June 18th, 2012

I remember my first Pooh bear book when I was a kid. I loved it to death and pawed at the pages on a daily basis. I was so in love with the characters that when it came time to find ways to earn money for my school as a debutante, I even wrote and […]

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How to support your children through divorce

Posted on June 5th, 2012

Your children may be effected by issues of your divorce. Adele Theron explains how and provides solutions. Many kids believe that they had something to do with the divorce. Treat your child’s confusion or misunderstandings with patience. Reassure your children that both parents will continue to love them and that they are not responsible for the […]

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Overcoming your failure mindset after your divorce

Posted on May 2nd, 2012

Write down what you can learn from the emotions which are hanging around Agonising is often a sign that you should adjust your diet… Find the Worry Buster exercise and do it today Find out about how to do the Naked Divorce today… If you enjoyed this post, I’d be very grateful if you’d help […]

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What are some of the common feelings when experiencing a shock divorce?

Posted on March 3rd, 2012

My name is Adèle and I am a Divorce Coach. I remember the first four days after my husband left. They were brutal. At 02:30 am I was on my third glass of wine and hadn’t eaten in three days. I had been in my pajamas for 36 hours straight and had chain-smoked 40 cigarettes […]

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