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divorce

Divorce Advice: 3 Attributes That Help You Build A New Life

August 31, 2009

I found the information below on the web.  I couldn’t agree with it more …
•    Openness:
Be willing to share (but not over-do) what you are feeling and experiencing with others. Stay open and honest with friends and family. Sharing your emotions promotes healing.
•    Action:
Moving forward with your life implies a willingness to take action. [...]

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Divorce Advice: Five tips for dating again after a divorce

August 27, 2009

Dating someone new is not easy for anyone. Expectations can be high, and it’s very easy to make a wrong move. Knowing what not to do on your earliest dates can help you to avoid future problems. Here is one practicing psychologist’s reminders of what not to do on a date.
1. Don’t assume your date [...]

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Divorce Advice for Women: Dating After Divorce

August 26, 2009

As a Divorce Coach I find that many women are terribly unsure about how to develop a new life of their own that includes the ability to get back “out there” into the dating scene.  An article I saw in the Norfolk Examiner discusses this issue from the point of view of setting boundaries.
First, make [...]

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Advice for Divorced Women: Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda. So what about it?

August 25, 2009

I have coached many divorced women and women going through a divorce who relate to me what they could have done, what they should have done, and what they would have done…
That’s like putting yourself in the spin cycle!
I’m not minimizing what these women are thinking in the least.  I actually refer to the spin [...]

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Divorce Recovery Advice: Feelings of helplessness

August 24, 2009

From the Norfolk Examiner
Psychologist Martin Seligman sheds some light on the difference between two similar-sounding theories: Learned Hopelessness and Learned Helplessness.  Learned hopelessness is a more serious state, bordering on deep depression.  Learned hopelessness is often the result of being in a state of learned helplessness for a long time.  … It seems reasonable, then [...]

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Life Coaching and Divorce: A New ‘Take’ on This Interaction

August 21, 2009

I saw this article (please see below) from an Israeli newspaper that (as a divorce coach) I felt I just had to share with my clients and other readers …………
Israeli seeks divorce, says coaching turned wife into tyrant
JERUSALEM — An Israeli man is seeking a divorce on the grounds that life coaching sessions turned his [...]

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Divorce Recovery Advice: New Complications Resulting from Late-in-Life Divorce

August 20, 2009

As you may recall from several earlier blog posts, I am a woman who divorced after 37 years of marriage.  I worked hard after my divorce to build a fulfilling new life. Except for limitations that I know will come with advancing age, I have had no need to consider (potential) problems down the road.  [...]

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