Welcome to The Modern Workweek
What started as my personal blog to capture insights and tips on the lengthy process of divorce has become a knowledge bank of everything I’ve learned along the way about relationships, breakups, coparenting, building a new career, and the art of reinvention as a single mother. I’m a very methodical note-taker, what can I say?
What chapter of life are you in right now?
Divorce Recovery
Breakup Recovery
The 3 Most Important Pieces of Divorce Advice
Your Guide to Surviving the First 3 Days of a Breakup
Single Mother Reinvention
Self-care
How to Build a Community Around You
What to do When You’re Feeling Unsettled
Career + Workweek Redesign
Dating After 40
Everything I learned along the way about reinvention after huge life changes
This is a blog about reinvention. Initially it started with a divorce, but divorce doesn’t happen in a vacuum. I write about the parts of life that are often affected along the way — self-care, healing, returning to work, rebuilding routines, dating again, and figuring out what comes next.
When I meet someone who is going through a major life change, my first question is always, “How are you feeling?” I start there because although divorce and separation are often framed as negative experiences, I know that for some people they can also be the beginning of something new. I try to listen carefully to how someone sees their own experience and avoid imposing my own biases onto it.
That same approach shapes the writing and ideas I share here. I don’t know whether you were the one who wanted the divorce, whether you were blindsided by the decision of your ex, or whether you are simply in the middle of a season of change. What I hope this blog gives you is a home base you can return to whenever you are wondering how the process might unfold and how to move forward with more clarity.
Beyond that, I hope you find support here as you emerge from one chapter and step into the next part of your story.
Take what feels relevant. Leave the rest.
Why I started this blog about reinvention…
“Suddenly the life that you knew or imagined disappears and you’re left feeling around in the dark for some semblance of a future beyond this stressful period.
When I went through it, I didn’t need generic advice or empty reassurance. I was looking for real advice from someone who had gone through something similar.”
I’ll be honest, during my own divorce I didn’t read much on the internet or on social media because it was filled with coaches who took quite a different approach to mentorship. I personally feel that although I’m sharing my stories here as a framework to look at a particular circumstance, I always hope you as the reader feel like your story and your wellbeing is being centered. You get this one photo of me, to prove that I’m a person! Other than that, I’m not the focus here. You are. This is a space for you to consider, reflect, disagree(!), and maybe take away a helpful snippet.
I appreciate you being here, and know that I’m cheering you on :)
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When I was planning to start my career again after my divorce, I had a lot of apprehensions about whether I would be accepted. I felt like I was too far behind in experience, that I’d be caught out as being wholly unprepared to keep up with professional life…