As a Catholic, Vivianne was firmly committed to her marriage even though she was being emotionally abused. After a single episode lasting 48 hours made Vivianne realize that safety is more important than wedding vows, she left her marriage. Now, she wants to use her experience to change perceptions about domestic abuse. Here's Vivianne: Divorce is such an isolating event and … [Read more...]
More Universal Truths About Divorce
Today's post on universal truths about divorce comes from my fellow blogger friend, Swati, who blogs at The Single Mothers Chronicles. Swati is a forty-two year old single mom with an eight-year-old daughter. She's currently writing a book about single mothers, The Single Mothers Chronicles: Tales From Women like You. It’s now been seven years since my divorce…an event that … [Read more...]
Five More Universal Truths About Divorce
After her own divorce, the Divorce Encouragist knew that an unhappy marriage is not the end and she decided she would become a divorce coach, guiding other people through end of marriage decisions. So when I thought about a theme of Universal Truths for this week, she was a natural choice and I was very excited when she agreed. Here's her post: As a child of divorced … [Read more...]
Universal Truths About Divorce
When I knew I would be away this week, I reached out again to some fellow bloggers and invited them to guest post. This time, I suggested a theme - universal truths about divorce. I talk to a lot of women about divorce and each story is different and I learn something for each women but there are some common threads. Here's what I've learned: Divorce is always painful - it … [Read more...]
The Relief of Leaving Your Marriage
It was just six weeks from the night Vivianne realized she had to leave her marriage to when she moved into a apartment in another state. She'd never lived on her own before having gone from her parents' home to college to law school to marriage. She was afraid she wouldn't be able to raise her two children. She was afraid she wouldn't be able to handle it financially but … [Read more...]