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 | 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...
by Marisa Lupo | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog, Divorce, divorced moms
It’s normal to feel like you are alone after divorce. Feeling like you could be in a room of hundreds of people, yet nobody sees you, the real you. You’re not the person you were when you were married, and at the same time, you are trying to...
by Marisa Lupo | Jul 29, 2020 | Blog, Divorce, divorced moms
Divorce amplifies the shadow side of ourselves. Those insidious unhealed wounds of not feeling like you are good enough, feelings of comparison and lack, and not feeling loved unconditionally. Divorce is predicated on keeping us stuck in the...
by Marisa Lupo | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog, Counseling, Divorce, divorced moms
For those of you that have experienced a divorce, you know how devastating it can be. People have compared divorce to death. I think divorce can be far worse. An unexpected death is final. There’s no negotiating it. You don’t sit and wrestle with doubt,...
