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Starting your job search from scratch
Job hunting in a new industry without contacts can be challenging, but it’s not impossible. Focus on quality over quantity, tailor each application, and manage your energy to avoid burnout. Remember that persistence and a strategic approach can lead to success, even if it takes time. By sharing my experience, I hope to provide a realistic perspective and actionable advice for those navigating a similar journey.
Your Guide to Surviving the First 3 Days After a Breakup
Breakups are never easy. Whether you’re the one who initiated the split, or the one wo received the news, the emotional turmoil can be overwhelming. Having been through this cycle more times than I’d like to admit, I’ve developed a personal strategy to cope with the immediate aftermath.
Not Settling: Deciding That You Deserve Better In Relationships
There are a lot of different ways someone might settle in life. It could be in their choice of career, the place where they decide to live or the people they allow into their lives. It usually involves making a choice that is different to or compromises one’s ideals.
What are the different types of grounds for divorce?
I always need to start these informational blog posts with a reminder that this is in no way intended to be used as legal advice. I like to bring up topics you might find helpful and might not have thought to review, but this is by no means a comprehensive study of the topic
How do I Know if I Should Get a Divorce?
I imagine this is one of the hardest questions to answer when dealing with marital challenges. I say ‘imagine’ because this is one part of the process I didn’t toil over. During the couple of years I was trying to learn about myself I realized that the marriage that I was in didn’t support the future I hoped for.
Start here if you’ve decided on divorce
Let’s start with the end.
I’m at a resort, working remotely at a job I love, feeling as much purpose as I have yet to-date in my life. I have meaningful friendships, make decisions for myself, and co-parent two well-adjusted children.
I had no idea that I’d ever be here.
Encouragement For When You Are Tired
Divorce can be an emotional roller coaster. It takes all of your attention and energy, all the while you are trying to do the best that you can to live your life. It’s a big effort.
New Love After Divorce
In the early stages of divorce, I remember looking, in amazement, at people who had previously been through the process and appeared to be happy in their current relationships. I didn’t know how long that might take for me, but it was always something that gave me a sense of hope for a better future.
How to Successfully Co-Parent After Divorce
Getting through a divorce is one thing, co-parenting for the rest of your life is entirely another.
What to Expect From a Family Court Trial
The divorce trial or family court trial will be the biggest and most important event in the entire process of your legal matter— if you get there. As I outlined in an earlier blog post about the family court process, the judges really do not want to see your case unless completely necessary.
New Family Traditions After Divorce
The fact that you may not be a traditional family unit anymore doesn’t mean that you cannot start your own new traditions with the kids. In fact, in many ways this can be more meaningful as you put thought into the activities and holidays that bring you so much joy together.
Practical Advice for Starting a New Career After Divorce
Maybe you left a great career or maybe you started family before you had time to fully immerse yourself into the work force. Divorce is a very common time for women specially to embark on a new career path…
Dating During or After Divorce
I want to state from the outset that my personal stance on this for myself was one of waiting at least a year of separation to even begin the idea of dating again. I had a one-year-old to take care of and an older child that I wanted to make sure was emotionally well. Dating was honestly the last thing on my mind.