Divorce And Credit Card Debt Repayment Options

By Tracy Achen, WomansDivorce Editor and Divorce Coach Are you on the edge of financial ruin thanks to your divorce and credit card debt left over from your marriage? One of…

Rebuilding Myself After Divorce: How I Found Healing and Hope

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~ Rumi I never imagined I’d be here at forty-nine—divorced, disoriented, and drowning in an identity crisis. I had met…

How to Speak from the Heart: Let Your First Word Be a Breath

“Mindfulness is a pause—the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.” ~Tara Brach We’ve all been there. A sharp reply. A snide remark. A moment when we said…

Healing Through Grief: How I Found Myself in the Metaphors of Loss and Love

“When the soul wishes to experience something, she throws an image of the experience out before her and enters into her own image.” ~Meister Eckhart For most of my life,…

How Bedroom Arrangements Affect Child Custody Decisions in Arlington Heights, IL

Bedroom arrangements affect child custody decisions in several ways. For example, judges like setups that respect children’s needs for sleep, study, and personal space. Meanwhile, courts in Arlington Heights may…

Is Alimony Taxable Income? Understand What the Law Says Now

By Tracy Achen, WomansDivorce Editor & Divorce Coach Is alimony taxable income? This is a question many divorced women ask. And the answer is that it depends on when your…

Can You Live a Meaningful Life Without Being Exceptional?

“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if…

Why Do Women Initiate Divorce More Than Men?

Vive la Difference! Differences often form the very basis of what men and women find so attractive in each other in the first place. So, with this in mind, should…

Mindful Parenting: How to Calm Our Kids and Heal Ourselves

“When we show up for our kids in moments when no one showed up for us, we’re not just healing them. We’re healing ourselves.” ~Dr. Becky Kenedy I wasn’t taught…

When Growth Comes with Grief Because People Still See the Old You

“In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” ~Deepak Chopra There’s a strange ache that comes with becoming healthy.…