Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free. – Rumi At first it was simply a fun distraction, but it grew to be a passion that...
If you’re in the midst of a divorce or newly single, a wedding might be the last event you want to attend, but there are ways to survive weddings, and even enjoy them. As a recent guest on Mandy Walker’s podcast Since My Divorce, we talked about how to navigate...
I am one of those children of divorce who grew up only to get divorced myself. It is the typical sad story. But then why am I so happy? My parents divorced when I was five. I don’t recall much, other than a hazy impression of my mother arguing with my father while...
Sometimes, the oddest things can get you through The first weeks after our decision to separate, I walked around in a stunned, anxious limbo. I moved through the necessary parts of each day-getting kids to school, buying groceries, visiting the doctor, the lawyer,...
Growing up I was always figuring out ways to save my allowance and have my parents pay for items that ‘should be covered’ by someone other than me. I became a master at saving up for that ‘rainy day’ watching my money grow little by little. When I was finally on my...
