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08 14 2014

5 Tips to Support Your Friend Going Through a Divorce

Five tips to help a friend who is going through divorce

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Share Via Eight years. That’s the average length of a first marriage that ends in divorce. The actual statistics are that 41% of first marriages, 60% of second marriages, and 73% of third marriages end in divorce. So, chances are, you have co-workers, friends, or family members going through a divorce. How to Be Supportive […]

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07 30 2014

An Unexpected Source of Healing in Divorce

BJ Mann books, healing

Move into your own summer solstice during and after your divorce

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Share Via Summer solstice is the longest day of light and has become the symbol of renewal and new beginnings. It is nature’s way of telling us that the long, dark days of winter do end. The cycle of dark and light is as old as biblical stories. This timeless, natural cycle is an enduring […]

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03 14 2014

Some of the Most Beautiful Gifts Come in Ugly Wrapping Paper

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Sometimes the Best Gifts Come in Ugly Wrapping Paper

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Share Via Over the many years I have helped clients end their marriages, I am frequently the only one in the room holding the possibility of their future happiness. Regardless of why the marriage is ending, there is always sadness and mourning. It’s not what couples imagined when they walked down the wedding aisle. Divorce […]

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02 21 2014

Three Tips for the Winter Solstice–and Living Through a Divorce

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Like a cardinal in winter, there are bright spots in your divorce process

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Share Via Ending a marriage can be like your own personal winter solstice. It can be among the darkest days of your life, feeling as if the cold will never end. But nature is a good teacher. The shortest, darkest day in December is followed by days that each add just a few minutes of […]

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02 07 2014

The Five Stages of Divorce

BJ Mann courage, healing, honesty, resiliency

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Share Via Many people liken the end of a marriage to a death, and, in many respects, that is accurate. It is the end of a dream and a vision that had sustained you for a long time. There have been many comparisons to the five stages of death described by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her […]

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