Separated or Divorced, Broke & Depressed?

If this title hits you in the stomach it’s time to shift your thoughts and discover how to recover.  In difficult economic times the divorce rate increases substantially.  The lack of money impacts self-esteem, self-worth, self-confidence and robs people of all values. Low income, unemployed are more likely to divorce, commit crime, suffer from depression [...]

Single Parent Planning for the Future

As you reflect on what has happened in the past what have you learned? In order to move forward and achieve goals, resolutions or intentions for a stronger, happier future it’s important to look within and assess what’s worked for you and what doesn’t. Appreciate your experiences for the insight you’ve gained even if it’s [...]

Christmas spirit doesn’t die with divorce

As much as I empathize with how difficult holidays can be after divorce.   Family dynamics change and emotions can be all over the map.  Rather than allowing overwhelm to consume you, make a deliberate choice on how you prefer to feel and focus on what you can do to achieve it.   Nobody but you [...]

Holiday Stress as a Single Parent

Do you get over-whelmed and stressed with the approach of Christmas as a single parent? Life can be hard enough emotionally, physically and financially without the added burden of keeping up with the “Jones” & the desires of your children after divorce. Well here’s some tips that can help!

Single Parenting Happiness

What makes you happy?  What are the emotional attractions that capture your heart and allow you to feel alive? It is so important to know and understand what YOU need to make you feel better.  Your emotional and mental health and well-being is important for your physical health.  What you feel needs to be transparent [...]

How to manage overwhelm as a single parent

Feeling overwhelmed, lacking energy and letting your emotions get the best of you?  I can totally relate.

Are you ready to recover from divorce?

Perhaps asking if you are ready to recover from divorce is a rhetorical question but so often what we say isn’t really what we are feeling. We think we want to heal after divorce from the heart ache and yet the anger feels as though it’s serving a purpose. In fact, anger does serve a [...]

Life as a single parent

It is rarely an intention to plan single parenting as a profession.  Becoming pregnant and choosing to raise a child is life altering. There is no specific guide book to follow.  Each and every parent is unique, as is each and every child.  As we are all individual, so is the purpose of every life.  [...]

Letting go after divorce

At what point do you just let go after divorce? The emotional over whelm can become life consuming with legal issues, child custody battles and financial transitioning. What about the feelings of loss? How and when do you let go of it all? Divorce, we know, affects everyone involved. It’s not just the couple who [...]

Dating after divorce – when’s the right time?

After divorce the beliefs you have are different than at any previous time in your life. How and when is the right time to consider dating again? If your trust has been compromised, how can you trust again? How long do you wait after divorce before getting back into the swing of things? What if, [...]

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