Participating in the 10 Week Rebuilding Series
How Soon is Too Soon for Rebuilding? This is a question we sometimes hear from prospective people going through the challenges of a relationship ending. Many wonder when the right…
Strategies to Put the Past Behind You
I often hear a client say “I thought I put the past behind me but suddenly I found myself thinking hateful thoughts of my ex!” The reality is that until…
What is a Divorce Ceremony
Once a significant amount of emotional processing and healing has happened, it’s time to create a divorce ceremony. Relationship endings usually do not happen quickly. There is often an unraveling…
Love Yourself Today and Every Day
Love yourself so you can love others “You can search the whole world and you will never find anyone more deserving of love than you.” This quote stands in contrast…
What are We Afraid of When a Relationship Ends?
Fears of Relationship Ending Relationship ending brings many changes. Many of the changes are unwanted, and can lead to more fears- losing friends, how will my family/neighbors/coworkers/church members etc.- view…
Effects of Divorce in the Workplace
The effects of divorce in the workplace are staggering. Employees struggling through a divorce are often tardy or miss work and have poor performance and lower productivity than their colleagues.…
7 Ways to Improve Your Self-Image During Divorce
The first struggle which often accompanies stressful times is a poor self-image. Taking care of yourself and beginning every day looking nice is a rare occurrence when you’re feeling emotionally…
10 Ways to Help Support a Friend Through Divorce
I had no idea how to help as I watched my best friend go through a divorce. What could I say or do to make things better? I felt useless…
Enough and Perfect
Psychologists, theologians, and spiritual teachers often espouse that we are enough and perfect as we are. This idea has been popularized most recently in the work of Brene Brown who’s…
Three Steps to Stop Manipulating Ourselves
There are ways to increase positive, loving open-hearted connections with our partner, our friends. There are also ways to ensure that we increase our separation, disconnection, closed-heartedness. This is what…
