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Divorce Happy

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:December 22, 2022
Post category:Anger burn Co-Parenting Depression Divorce Health and Fitness humans of divorce Parenting self-awareness Self-care Single-Dad Spirituality

If you navigate a positive divorce, perhaps it will be happier and better for everyone. Plan for happiness and build a parenting schedule that will value BOTH mom and dad equally.

Attachment Parenting Benefits Begin To Fracture After Divorce

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:December 5, 2022
Post category:Anger burn Co-Parenting Depression Divorce humans of divorce Parenting Single-Dad

Attachment parenting is the way to go. One parent, weaponizing the divorce, can do untold damage to the kids.

This Should’ve Been Us: Regrets and Love Lost on the Quest

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:November 18, 2022
Post category:Dating Depression Divorce humans of divorce mindfulness self-awareness Self-care Single-Dad Spirituality

I have a reverence of my moods these days. I am no longer beholden to them. I can love these former lovers and still do nothing to reach out to them. I am pointed in a healthier and happier dream now.

Artists In Love, Parenting, and Divorce

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:November 3, 2022
Post category:Co-Parenting Depression Divorce Health and Fitness Married Life Parenting Relationships Self-care Single-Dad

The fracture and collapse of my marriage ultimately became the emotional firestorm that uncorked my artistic voice. In my own individual struggle to survive, I found my release through writing. After the divorce, as I thrashed and fell apart during the months following my separation, I wrote to make sense of what was happening.

Becoming a Parent for the First Time: Everything Changes

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:October 17, 2022
Post category:Anger Co-Parenting Depression Divorce humans of divorce Parenting Self-care Single-Dad Spirituality

Dads give their kids different qualities. Dads play differently. Dads love differently. But the assumption that the mom is the emotional center of the family and the dad is the financial engine is outdated and unfair to both the kids and the dad.

My Triad of Destruction and Rebirth #dad #divorce #depression

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:October 3, 2022
Post category:Anger burn Co-Parenting Depression Divorce humans of divorce Love Married Life Parenting self-awareness Single-Dad Spirituality

I have shown my children how to recover from a loss, and become happier, and more intentional in their lives.

Searching for The Last Date: Seeking the ONE

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:September 27, 2022
Post category:Dating Depression Divorce Health and Fitness humans of divorce mindfulness Relationships self-awareness sexual chemistry Single-Dad

Well, if I’m imagining this next relationship is the LAST ONE, well, that too has its own kind of pressure, that perhaps is just as debilitating as the rushing of the process.

Mindful Parenting – Returns and Love In the New School Year for Parents and Kids

Interrupting Our Own Storytelling: a 4-Step Path to Mindfulness

Post author:John McElhenney
Post published:August 30, 2022
Post category:Co-Parenting Dating Health and Fitness humans of divorce Joy Love mindfulness Parenting relationship building Relationships Self-care Single-Dad Spirituality

Boundaries are constantly changing between you and your commitments. And people with unhealthy, or unarticulated (unknown or misunderstood) boundaries are more at risk of losing their daily momentum to the will and requests of everyone around them.