Growing up with divorce and a blended family, presented many obstacles. Then I got married and stepped into my own instant blended family with my husband, his child, his ex-wife and both their families. It was challenging and rather problematic at times. As the years went by, we had two more children and eventually ended up […]
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Marking the divorce transition with rituals Divorce is a major life transition, though as yet, one without a ritual to mark and support the passage and to orient the community to the family’s transition. The legal process is the only current social context for this important and personal transition. We need to create a more
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Resilience depends on supportive, responsive relationships and mastering a set of capabilities that can help us respond and adapt to adversity in healthy ways: . . Personal Control Resilient people focus on events over which they have some influence or control rather than adopting what researchers have referred to as a “victim’s mentality” and constantly
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The emotional tidal wave of divorce leaves people with a wide range of emotions, including sadness, surprise, anger, anxiety, fear and feeling lost. Perhaps the most common emotion is a hopeless feeling. People ask the question: Is there hope after divorce? Is there hope for my life in the future? The question is an honest,
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Today, in our too-fast, information-overloaded society, we’ve lost much of our connection to the earth, to spirit, to nature’s cycles, to our own cycles. And yet, we still need things to feed us, to ground us, to give us courage and connection. Good rituals are essential to our emotional, psychological, and spiritual health. To help
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“Whatever is in me is stronger than what is out there to defeat me.” ~ Caroline Myss Unexpected and unplanned change in our lives is never easy to deal with. What makes divorce such a major hurdle from a spiritual perspective, are the vows we make when we enter into the marriage. These being the
Happiness in all walks of life is often more about stopping than starting. More about subtracting than adding. More about letting go than holding on. Consider, for example, what happens when you stop, subtract or let go of… Criticizing everyone and everything Life isn’t perfect. People make mistakes. Let go of unfair expectations. Stop criticizing
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There are general stages that we all go through during divorce. It is helpful to be aware of the fact that we’ll be going through pretty normal stages and what each of them means for our recovery process. This article summarises: . Denial This was my favorite. Nothing like moving through a storm and pretending all
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