These lessons also apply to loss through divorce or separation. 6 Lessons in Learning to Live Life Without Your Loved One. The most difficult lesson for me was to allow myself to feel the grief and the pain. I became an expert at filling my life with distractions (luckily, healthy ones, but distractions nonetheless). IContinue reading “6 Lessons in Learning to Live Life Without Your Loved One”
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A Broken Heart Could Actually Kill You : Discovery News
Weeks after my ex disappeared, I found myself shivering in a doctor’s office, my emaciated frame unable to stay warm beneath the gown. My urine sample was red and viscous with blood from the muscle tissue breaking down within my body. I shook with tremors, unable to still my body. My pulse was rapid, myContinue reading “A Broken Heart Could Actually Kill You : Discovery News”
Albatross of Opportunity
“Everything happens for a reason.” Has anyone ever said that to you? Or, have you perhaps uttered it to someone facing a challenge. That phrase, although I do appreciate its intent,is one of my pet peeves. I guess because I am a student of secular humanism, or perhaps because I do not haveContinue reading “Albatross of Opportunity”
How It Began
My own divorce story began in 2009 when I received a surprise text after 10 years of marriage that my husband was leaving. That text was the last contact I ever had from him. Over the next few weeks and months, I struggled to make sense of what happened. It turned out that the realityContinue reading “How It Began”