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.
Alex King-Harris
Short/Poetic Version: I learned to see my own fingerprints on the pain—my projections, my narratives, my wounds. Rather than blame, I turned my rage and grief into prayer, into ritual, into sacred work on myself. Read More>>
Lorne “Lonnie” Hughes
I wasn’t married the traditional way. And I wasn’t divorced that way either. Somewhere along my childhood I wanted more. I had everything and nothing. Growing up on an island in the Caribbean with no running water in the house but an active imagination with a well of love from my marternal grandmother made life magical. Read More>>
Rebecca Bystrom
I don’t know if overcoming divorce is possible? Finding peace post turbulence and settling in to adjust my perspectives. I will not be the victim in this story. I take healing myself as a day by day unfolding. Read More>>
