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2014 Woohoo! Happy New Year…Cosmic Weather…
It is already 2014 on the other side of the world. So Happy New Year to all of you over there! Being that I am currently in Colorado, it is still several hours away. As many of us approach a New Year, it's a wonderful time to reflect and also look forward. 2013 was...
3 Tips To Self Empowerment When Dealing With A Volatile Ex
There were several stellar examples of broken couples who were able to make it work for their children's sake in my opinion. "It's all about the kids," they told me. It's not easy, but we just put our differences aside and know that what we are doing in holding a...
3 Steps To Sleeping Soundly During Divorce
Separation and divorce are considered to be one of life's biggest challenges. The incredible stress placed on the body due to an over-active mind can be immense. We can be so caught up in the logistics of how to get it all done: legal, logistical, parenting,...
Navigating Conversations About Your Divorce/Separation
This article was originally written with the intent of helping those of us encountering family and friends around the holidays whose discomfort with conversing about our divorce or separation was painful to be around. However, after re-reading it, I believe what I...
5 Simple Ways To Love Your Body
Sure, sure, sure it makes absolute sense that a recent study has correlated that women who are confident about their bodies are more likely to have happy, healthy relationships. That no brainer is tricky for the majority of us when we are exposed excessively to...
7 Reasons I Am Grateful For My Divorce
People always look at you after you have gone through a divorce, and they really want to know and see within you that you are, indeed, happy. My dad asks me all the time, "You're happy, right?" Hell yeah I'm happy! Whew! Quite the journey, but happy, joyous, in...
Extracurriculars, Family and divisive parenting with your ex…
I get it. I do. I understand that my ideas for parenting seem “different” than what other people think. Ultimately, I truly don’t care what anyone else “thinks”. At the end of the day, they are my kids during my custodial time, and I am graced to be the one who...
Four Weeks of Free Fall Secrets to Living Courageously
It's that time of year! We are really moving from Summer into full blown Fall. Yes even in California, we are quickly wrapping up our Indian Summer and feeling the crisper weather. The longer sleeves instead of shorter sleeves are being dawned. Light sweaters...
Deferring Separation or Divorce Until After the Holidays?
It's been two years now since I sat in my apartment when it was new to me and my custody of the children was a whopping 30% even though the children were living only 10 minutes away the other 70% of the time with their Dad. As one can imagine, it was a pretty...
Autoimmunity the symptom NOT the disease? Thoughts? (Finding your BRAVE)
(NOTE: I wrote this as an inspiration of my participation in a Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Facebook group. There are several parts that speak directly to that group, but you can translate it to your own circumstance. If you are having trouble and want deeper...