by Marisa Lupo | Feb 4, 2021 | Blog, Divorce, divorced moms
Trying to co-parent in the aftermath of divorce for me was like walking through fields of landmines, trying to avoid death. That’s what it felt like, the death of my attachment to being a mother. It was a label I clung to since I was no longer a wife after...
by Marisa Lupo | Jan 28, 2021 | Blog
One of the worst memories I have about my divorce was the day my children found a family photo that had black tape over my face. It was found in an album at my ex’s mom’s house. What was even more devastating is that my children didn’t have the heart to tell me...
by Marisa Lupo | Jan 21, 2021 | Blog, Divorce, divorced moms
Are you tired of being everything for everyone else? As a former Good Girl myself, my body still has memory of what it was like to do for everyone else and serve others from an empty cup. So deep-seated was this belief of needing to be selfless that I have to make a...
by Marisa Lupo | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog, Counseling, Divorce, divorced moms
Divorce changes you. How can anyone expect us to be the same person we were when we just got married? You’re not the same girl. You walked through some dark places to get here today. You’ve wrestled with some of the most challenging decisions of your life....
by Marisa Lupo | Dec 31, 2020 | Blog
Has parental alienation paralyzed you? If you’re a victim of parental alienation, my heart bleeds for you. It is a horrible pain no parent should ever have to endure. Parental alienation can wear many masks. It can be as subtle as painting a parent as unreliable...
by Marisa Lupo | Dec 24, 2020 | Blog
I intimately know what it feels like to go through the motions without any emotion, to live a robotic life, every day bleeding into the next. Waking up each morning only to find myself not wanting to get out of bed and live another day of monotony. Hoping and praying...