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Guest Blog – Silver Divorce Recovery

Hey everyone – I wanted to share a guest blog written by our very own Tara Parkside! Plant something; anything, a lemon seed, a pineapple, , a potato, an avocado, a Pothos, a Philodendron, a tre...

How To Forgive & Be Forgiven After Divorce

Okay! You are divorced or you are on the road heading to that destination, and you are finally going to have to face the “F” Word after the divorce is final…Forgiveness. Most of you knew this day woul...

Choosing Your Power Woman

During my divorce, I felt anything but powerful. I felt weak and sad and confused and discouraged. I worried that because my kids and friends saw me cry they would see me as weak. I also worried that ...

First Love

Everyone longs to give himself or herself completely to someone — to have a deep soul relationship with another — to be loved thoroughly, and exclusively. But God, to a Christian, says ...

Addiction-Breaking Aphorisms

Sometimes, especially after a long marriage, we are addicted to our partner rather than being in a relationship of sharing and growing and building each other up. We knew the relationship was not what...

Trash Something That Makes You Mad Or Sad

Do you want to do something that will be hard in the beginning but will make your life better immediately? Get something out of your face and out of your space that makes your heart hurt every time yo...

Do a Heart Check

When You’re Feeling Down: This is a powerful exercise to help you focus on what you can do when troublesome emotional states hang on too long. Every time you are hurting, ask yourself, “Ra...

Easy 10 Minute Workout

This is a quick workout from parenting.com you can do at home and will give you a focused routine you can start with. Do this as a circuit. Set aside one minute for each exercise and do as many reps a...

Loneliness

You feel not only totally alone but also that everyone else is at a party. Anne Lamotte, Author of Bird by Bird Loneliness is one of the most discouraging, desperate, sad feelings that we can experien...

Working On Yourself

“If you want to work on improving someone, try working on yourself.” From the book, Blues ain’t nothing but a good soul feeling bad, by Sheldon Kopp Early on in the pre-div...