Divorce has been highlighted as one of the most stressful life traumas – it’s right up on the list with death of a spouse and emigration. The early days and months post divorce can be a time of high emotion, and this can often lead to clouded judgement and acting out of emotion. In South Africa, we have a no-fault …
3 Simple steps to healing your relationship with food during and after divorce by Kimberly Sammaritano, Psychology of Eating Coach
The relationship between food and emotion is a strong one. We are emotional eaters. As chemically driven beings, we are often at the mercy of our hormones and stress chemicals, most especially when facing the monumental life change and stress experienced in divorce. Turning to food in the time running up to and during divorce is common. Food is comforting. …
De-stress your divorce by Jacque Allschwang (Transformational coach)
Getting divorced is without a doubt one of the most stressful experiences you may ever go through in your life. It presents a series of life challenges that are guaranteed to disrupt your physical, mental and emotional balance. It is a time of change and loss. It represents the death of life as you have known it, a period of …
Post separation amnesia by Anonymous
The weirdest thing seems to be happening to me since the start of my separation- I walk into places and people pretend that they have no clue who I am. Have they forgotten I was at their engagement party… and then their wedding? Maybe a mind slip that I attended their child’s birthday party? And the worst part about this …
Survive and Thrive – from Breakup to Breakthrough
Divorce is rated as one of the most stressful life experiences, right up there with emigration and death of a spouse. It can be a tremendously traumatic time. When you’re in it, you may not even be able to imagine ever being happy again. You also not even be able to contemplate rebuilding your life. YOU ARE NOT ALONE Stacey …
Moving away with kids – here’s what you need to know by Simon D Dippenaar (attorney)
It’s natural to want to make a fresh start after divorce. Inevitably, at least one party must move out of the marital home. Where there are children involved, it is often the father who moves, to minimise disruption to the daily life of the children. Sometimes both parties move, often for financial reasons. Generally, when there are children, parents will …
The best is yet to come, darling by Mandy Levin (divorce blogger)
Do you know who you are and what you want from life? Do you know what makes you happy? These may seem like such ridiculous questions to some – of course I know who I am and what makes me happy! Well I had no clue AT ALL, when my marriage ended. I had been a wife for so long …
Maintenance Matters Workshop by Nina Mensing (counsellor and mediator)
This workshop is for anyone who is a single parent, or going through a divorce or separation, and is battling with calculating child maintenance or claiming child maintenance. Finances are an emotive topic, and often one where power plays itself out. With 13 milliion children in South Africa growing up in single homes, paying maintenance correctly is vital for their …
Hello Blondie by Mandy Levin (divorce blogger)
When a woman changes her hair she is about to change her life….. I was born with pitch black hair and I have pale skin with freckles. My long hair was wildly curly and I always looked longingly at the skinny blonde girls with golden tans and silky, straight locks, thinking that their lives must just be perfect. No amount …
Starting right now by Mandy Levin (divorce blogger)
Imagine if instead of seeing your divorce as an ending, you decided to see it as a beautiful new beginning. I mean why not? I can hear what’s happening in your head – no one will ever want me … I’m going to be alone … I can’t do this by myself … I’m not attractive… I’m an idiot… STOP! …
