Hi everyone! Happy Monday morning! Hope you've all had a wonderful weekend. I've had kind of a lazy but social one - been out for spur of the moment coffee three different times, saw Alice in Wonderland with my son (loved it!) and enjoyed a blissfully quiet Sunday morning while my kids snoozed late. One of the friends I'd called for coffee explained she'd been feeling … [Read more...]
Reclaiming Your Name After Divorce
Continuing with this series on changing your name after divorce, like me, going back to her maiden name was a no brainer for Kirstie, Her reasons though were quite different than mine. I didn't want to have his last name anymore. I don't want to have anything to do with him. I have so many bad feelings and he's been nothing but a pain in the butt our whole marriage. I gave it … [Read more...]
Having Enough Money After Divorce
Marriage for Holly brought financial problems - a situation she wasn't used to and happily one that changed quickly once she was divorced. *** Breaking away from someone else's view of money was a huge breakthrough for me. It really is amazing. He had such scarcity issues and they were stronger than my abundance issues. He was always about 'there's never enough money' and … [Read more...]
Changing your relationship to money after divorce
Five years after her divorce, Ann Rouse decided to quit her 18 year-long career as a firefighter and become a writer. She says it's a leap of faith and certainly the way her relationship to money has changed since the divorce has helped. *** It's scary because it's hard to let go of a pay check and insurance and steady income. I have a truck I'm going to sell and I had some … [Read more...]
I Was A Kept Woman
Just from my interviews, I've seen that people react to divorce in different ways. For Lorraine, who felt she had lost everything, it meant being proactive, identifying something she could get under control. That something was the money. *** I've always been a very Type A, assertive person so right away I was like I need to get my own bank account. I'd never written a check … [Read more...]