Holding Your Dream Together As Your Marriage Comes Apart
She asked me not to write about her or the kids, ever. But, I'm sorry, that's the only way I can talk about what's going on for me at this amazing juncture in my life.
Self-care takes many forms. What we know, is most of us do not take enough time off. We drink coffee to fuel our days and interrupt our nights. Self-care is the process of unwinding ourselves from the rat race and giving our bodies and our souls time to recharge, play, and be quiet.
- ME Cycles and Wondermints: Why Is Self-Care So Difficult?
- Finding Your Inner Goddess: Celebrating Self-Care & Sexuality
- Resilience, Self-Care, the Mindset of Joy in This Moment
- The Power of Saying No: Making Self-Care a Priority Now
- Self-Care and Appreciation: Can I Love All of Myself Right Now?
- More Self-Care, Less Rush Rush Stress and Anxiety
- Self-Care and Fitness: How You Treat Yourself Says More than You Think
Coming Full Circle: One Dad’s Divorce Recovery
And I am happy for the healing in my family that has come from flipping all the negatives of divorce on their ass and finding the way back to love. Everything in my life is about love. And the love and support of my kids comes before all of my own needs and goals.
There’s Something Missing: On Moods and Chemicals in my Brain
The moods roll in and out as if on tides. There is no controlling the bio-rhythm of our energy overall, it's really just how we respond to the varying levels of energy. And over the past several months a low-energy day was just passing through. Yesterday, the low-energy had the feeling of maybe sticking around for a bit. That got me a bit worried.
What I Learned From My First and Second Marriages
As much as we wanted to remain in love and grow in love as parents, there were some fundamental shifts that happened in our lives and in our aspirations. What I learned from my first "touch" lover was that my needs for closeness are fundamental to my complete happiness.
Blameless Divorce: I Had a Dream Where You Apologized
As we grew into our parenting roles, we had different ideas about how that should look. And I fess up, I was unhappy. I was asking for a massive change. And in the end, we disagreed on what we wanted as a couple.
Stop Thinking: The Lost Art of Deep Listening
I often wonder if I could've reached out in a way that would've fundamentally cracked open her guarded heart. Even in those final two months when we were sharing the same house while agreeing that we were getting a divorce, I was trying to express my continued love through songs and poetry. She didn't want poems or romantic music. She wanted action. She wanted me to be different.
Co-Parenting Today: 7 Wins for the Hyper-Focused Single Parent
The general mode of life with dad is positive and happy. I am *so* happy to have them on the days and nights I am afforded, that there is little room for complaints or nagging.
The Love Hurricane: Becoming Parents
Allow the hurricane to arrive and blow away the old aspects of your lives. Reset your expectations and parenting lives around the love and support of your children. Then, even if things don't work out with the marriage, the closeness and love that you've established with your kids, becomes the strength and bond that guides your relationship even after divorce.
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