For many, marriage is foundational and so when a marriage falls apart it can feel like your foundation is crumbling and that your entire life is about to come crashing down. The emotional turmoil, financial repercussions, social changes, impact on your children and a host of other concerns can be overwhelming. We live in a world that never stops – jobs, bills, summer camp for the kids, taxes and more just keep going at full speed even as you struggle to face this massive change affecting your life. Below, we’ve shares stories and lessons from some of the bravest folks we know.

Michelle Anne

Of course—here’s your reflection shaped as a **submission**, as if you’re offering it to a publication, a support group, or an anthology of personal stories:

**Submission: How I Overcame My Divorce**

I am sharing my story because I believe that naming what we survive—and how we survive it—can help others find their way through. Read More>>

Mia Rivers

I overcame divorce by choosing myself—every single day. I stopped blaming, stopped holding on, and started rebuilding. Piece by piece, I learned to love my own company, forgive my past, and find power in the woman I was becoming. It wasn’t easy—but healing rarely is. It was worth it.
“I didn’t just survive divorce. I became someone I actually love.” Read More>>

Aerial Guest

Overcoming divorce looks different for everyone. Some people part ways peacefully, others survive years of manipulation, betrayal, or abuse. In my case, it wasn’t just a divorce, it was an escape.

What started as a young and gullible, hopeful marriage spiraled into a nightmare where I didn’t recognize myself and it felt like the life was being drained out of me. With each deployment, my ex-husband returned more volatile. One night, I was holding our crying baby, I was struggling with postpartum depression, while begging for help.  Read More>>

Valene Stone

How I Overcame Divorce

Like so many marriages, life threw me a curveball. After 15 years with my best friend and the father of my two beautiful sons, my marriage ended. Within just three weeks, I was separated and also lost my job. My world felt like it was crashing down.

In the midst of heartbreak, uncertainty, and trying to hold it all together for myself, my boys, and my now ex-husband, my fitness routine began slipping away—along with the strong, confident woman I once knew. But then I made a choice: instead of letting despair take over, I flipped the switch in my mind, and I grabbed onto the one thing that had always grounded me—movement. Read More>>

Gabrielle Neal Friedman

Ope. This was a long, hard journey. At first, I did what so many do, I coped with alcohol, bars, and sex. Eventually, I’d say about a year or two later when I moved out of Kansas and to Florida, I realized how bad this was for me. It opened my eyes to see why my confidence journey wasn’t going very well… I wasn’t building real, authentic confidence. I was building/creating a version of me based on what I thought other people would like. I quit that s***. Read More>>