11 Great Movies for The Newly Separated
In my Love Essentially column, published yesterday in Chicago Tribune Pioneer Press, I talk about 11 of my favorite on-screen love stories. I wanted to post this on Divorced Girl...
View ArticleA Horrific Act in Marriage Can Actually Be A Gift In Coping With Divorce
I recently heard a story I felt like sharing because it really struck me as something that might help people in coping with divorce. I know someone who was married for several years with...
View ArticleMy Husband Left Me: I Don’t Know How I’ll Ever Recover
I promised to love, honor and cherish him forever & I didn’t break a promise. I would do anything for my life to rewind 4 months & for this to not be happening. I don’t understand...
View ArticleMy Interview With Tamsen Fadal: On Divorce, Being Single and “Fixing” Herself
“Self help and positive talk is great, but it doesn’t work if you can’t get out of bed,” according to Tamsen Fadal, the New York City 4 time Emmy winning journalist, entrepreneur and...
View ArticleListen Up! This is Some Really Good Divorce Advice
Want some great divorce advice? Here goes. There is something that I think is very common amongst newly separated men and women when they initially begin having conversations with their...
View ArticleAmicable Turned Ugly Divorce: 9 Reasons It Could Happen
When someone tells me they are going through “an amicable” divorce, I tend to feel skeptical. While I’d like to think it’s possible to have a friendly divorce, I have a hard time believing...
View ArticleMore Same Sex Marriage Means More Same Sex Divorce
With the recent Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage, I have to believe: More same sex marriage will lead to more same sex divorce. In this week’s Love Essentially, published...
View ArticleSelling Your Home After Divorce: It’s Like Dating Again
Selling your home after divorce? Add that to the many difficult, devastating and confusing elements to your divorce. Brutal. Think about it. You shared wonderful times in that home, you...
View ArticleIs This Woman Selfish and Cruel for Wanting a Divorce?
Is wanting a divorce selfish and cruel? An email from a reader: I have been married to my husband for 5 years. 3 of those years I spent deployed away from him. We met online while I was...
View ArticleOne Word That Will Prevent You From Getting Over A Divorce
Getting over a divorce isn’t easy. I know that firsthand. But there’s one word that really, really, really slows down the process of moving on: regret. “He wouldn’t have cheated if I was...
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