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 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 | Sep 6, 2020 | Blog, Counseling, Divorce
Are you flooded with documents that have verbiage such as litigation, custody, child support, alimony, mediation, petitioner, respondent, hearing date, rulings, request for order, etc.? Just reading these words is enough to kick your anxiety into overdrive. I remember...
by Marisa Lupo | Aug 24, 2020 | Blog, Divorce, divorced moms
I had so many fears after our divorce. How could I not? I witnessed family members and friends trying to recover from horrendous divorces, all of which seemed to be very unconscious and vindictive. I carried with me a stigma about divorce. “People...
by Marisa Lupo | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog, Divorce, divorced moms
As moms, we have been hardwired to put our needs last on the list. We go to great lengths for our children and want them to have the best that life has to offer. We will even convince ourselves to stay in relationships that no longer serve us out of fear of what we...
