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Black and White Thinking: Looking At the Darkness of Divorce

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:February 13, 2024
  • Post category:Anger/Co-Parenting/Dating/Depression/Divorce/humans of divorce/Married Life/Parenting/self-awareness/Self-care/Single-Dad/Spirituality

It is only by recovery that we stop the pattern of abuse, neglect, infidelity, and other love destroyers.

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Dads vs. Moms: We’re All #Parents or #SingleParents

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:September 2, 2023
  • Post category:Co-Parenting/Depression/Divorce/humans of divorce/Love/Married Life/Money/Parenting/self-awareness/Self-care/Single-Dad/Spirituality

I launched The Whole Parent. I proudly put my name on the posts I began writing about learning to cope as a single dad with a less than cooperative co-parent.

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:February 12, 2021
  • Post category:Anger/Dating/Joy/Love/Poetry/Self-care/Single-Dad/Spirituality

in seconds our bubbles drifted apart there was no pop sound no resistance a breeze from the east pushed me outward towards the ocean's edge the sun was peeking over…

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Guidance and Direction Request from John of The Whole Parent

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  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:July 17, 2018
  • Post category:Co-Parenting/Dating/Depression/Divorce/Joy/Love/Married Life/Money/Parenting/Relationships/Self-care/Sex/Single-Dad/Spirituality

Hi, and thanks for being a reader of The Whole Parent. A lot has changed since I started this blog over 5-years ago. My life has been through so many…

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