Owning Your Ugly

I was tagged on Twitter yesterday as someone who “owns her ugly.”   It made me smile. And then it made me reflect. You see, I didn’t always own my ugly. In fact, I engaged in all types of mental gymnastics to wall myself off from it and to distract others from looking at itContinue reading “Owning Your Ugly”

Is Your Divorce Malignant? Here’s How to Survive

When I was going through my divorce, others often felt the need to tell me about their own divorces. I heard stories of couples signing the paperwork and then going to have coffee. Some spoke of marriages that quietly faded and negotiations that barely sullied the mediator’s desk. I encountered women at the gym whoContinue reading “Is Your Divorce Malignant? Here’s How to Survive”