My Divorce Journey

Are you newly single and starting over? Do you feel lost and unsure of what's next? You're not alone. After her marriage ended, Alexandra Eva-May felt overwhelmed with feelings of grief and loss. The loneliness and emotional devastation, plus everything left in the wake, felt impossible to manage. Starting over was an uphill climb. What do you do when you are reminded of your old life everywhere you turn? When you are greeted with memories of your past wherever you go? Learning how to heal is the only way to move forward, but in healing comes learning new expectations, social situations, and more. Alexandra was determined to rediscover herself and heal in a way that felt safe, supportive, and true to her. Over the last few years, she has rebuilt her life and healed from the inside out in the most splendid way. And now, she wants to help you do the same. Her Awakening is a firsthand account of navigating and healing through the life-altering experience of divorce. Full of heartfelt truths, life lessons, and soul work, this book is your personal guide to seeking the light within your life when all you want to do is fall apart.

Discusses life after divorce, including such topics as self-esteem, co-parenting, single parenting, friendship, and dating.

No one walks into a marriage thinking that it will end. Spouses talk about their futures together, growing old together, where they may want to retire, places they want to visit someday, their hopes and dreams and goals for themselves and for each other. When the marriage ends, there is generally a feeling of failure that goes along with it. A marriage is supposed to be a partnership, and we all know that we have to work at it to keep it together. If it ends, does that mean we didnt work hard enough? Didnt try hard enough? Didnt do enough to keep our spouse happy? What went wrong? Why couldnt I make it work? Why couldnt I fix the problems? These feelings are so common, especially among all of the overachievers out there who believe they can accomplish anything and fix anything if they just try hard enough. Recognize that life is not fair and accept that reality. However, also recognize that sometimes it is not fair in your favor. Imbalance sometimes tips toward you and sometimes away from you. Dont dwell on the times when it feels like the world is against you; instead celebrate the times when everything seems to be going your way. Take responsibility for your own happiness. If anyone intrudes on your happiness, recognize that it is your own fault for allowing it to happen. No one can make you feel any particular wayyou control your own feelings and reactions. You choose how you will handle any particular situation. You can wallow in self-pity and wither away, or you can learn from a negative experience, grow from it, and become a better, stronger, and happier person. Accept responsibility for your own future; it is all on you now, and if you dont take responsibility for it, no one else will.

Your Healthy Divorce Journey is a step by step guide to navigate through the challenging process of divorce. Dr. Erica Ellis, a psychologist and collaborative divorce coach, provides a thoughtful, easy-to-read, and thorough exploration of the many questions, issues, fears, pitfalls and traps one encounters in this process. She walks you through every step of the journey, starting with whether you are ready to initiate a divorce, and including such topics as divorce options, what a divorce actually entails, talking to children about divorce, how to best support yourself and your children, strategies for most effectively co-parenting, the introduction of new significant others, and ultimately how to create healthy new blended families. Dr. Ellis shares her depth of experience and wisdom as a seasoned psychotherapist to help those going through this stressful process approach it from a child-centered perspective aimed at minimizing the emotional damage that it causes both the adults and the children involved. This holistic approach to divorce differentiates this book from many others on this topic. The ultimate goal is to help alleviate many of the reader's uncertainties and fears about this process and to provide them with specific strategies for working their way through the stressful divorce journey in the healthiest way possible.

You can survive divorce and even thrive! Do you feel like you are emotionally bleeding but no hospital can make it stop? Like you are a dead woman walking? Like you'll never be able to climb your way out of this heavy, suffocating place? Know this: With Jesus, you'll make it out, and you'll be okay. Jen Grice had to stop fighting for a marriage that had been dead for years and then had to work through the trauma of divorce proceedings and life thereafter. It wasn't easy, just as your own struggle isn't. But now Jen is healing and whole, as you can be. In this book, Jen holds your hand as you walk through the pain. - See a way out of the darkness of divorce-into the light. - Discover a hope-filled, fully redeemed future ahead. - Find hope in a devastating time. There is no roadmap through this foreign territory we call divorce, but here are those who have gone before us to light the way. As Jen shares her personal healing story, she points out God's promises and His healing and protection that will help you not only survive this difficult time but eventually thrive.

JOIN AWARD-WINNING PODCASTER ZIBBY OWENS OF MOMS DON’T HAVE TIME TO READ BOOKS ON A JOURNEY FILLED WITH FOOD, EXERCISE, SEX, BOOKS, AND MORE. It’s impossible to ignore how life has changed since COVID-19 spread across the world. People from all over quarantined and did their best to keep on going during the pandemic. Zibby Owens, host of the award-winning podcast MomsDon’t Have Time to Read Books and a mother of four herself, wanted to do something to help people carry on and to give them something to focus on other than the horrors of their news feeds. So she launched an online magazine called We Found Time. Authors who had been on her podcast wrote original, brilliant essays for busy readers. Zibby organized these profound pieces into themes inspired by five things moms don’t have time to do: eat, read, work out, breathe, and have sex. Now compiled as an anthology named Moms Don’t Have Time To, these beautiful, original essays by dozens of bestselling and acclaimed authors speak to the ever-increasing demands on our time, especially during the quarantine, in a unique, literary way. Actress Evangeline Lilly writes about the importance and impact of film. Bestselling author Rene Denfeld focuses on her relationship with food after growing up homeless. Screenwriter and author Lea Carpenter and Suzanne Falter, author, speaker, and podcast host, focus on loss. New York Times bestselling authors Chris Bohjalian and Gretchen Rubin write about the importance of reading. Others write about working out, love and sex, eating and cooking, and more. Join Zibby on her journey through the winding road of quarantine and perhaps you, too, will find time.

YOU DESERVE A REDEMPTION STORY! God wants to give you yours. Do you feel as though your life is harder than most people's because you've been through a divorce? Do you wonder what life storm will come through next and knock you off your feet, yet again? Do you need help thriving after divorce but just don't know how to get there? Jen Grice experienced all this after divorce. She wanted to trust God and all of His promises yet struggled to stay strong. Thriving seemed impossible when she was working through so many emotions and just trying to survive. She wanted to see quick redemption and restitution for all that was lost. And God came through. This 8-week (forty days) Bible study is a faith-strengthening journey that will guide you through the healing of your raw emotions and the rediscovery of your faith. You'll find a place of rest in your understanding of:? God's presence and deep love for you? Your identity, gifts, and calling? His restoration and renewal process? His ability to give you a fresh start You can become deeply rooted in God's love and acceptance. You are His masterpiece, and He has a divine purpose for your life. You only need to keep taking the steps forward on the journey. Through renewed faith, redemption, and restoration, you will find you can become a woman of fearless faith and purpose after divorce.

This Guided Journal is filled with thought provoking questions that will lead to self-discovery and recovery after any divorce! This journal is great to do alone for your own divorce recovery but also works will when working with a licensed mental health provider to process your feelings. This Guided Journal is self-paced, much like each personal divorce journey and offers 20 thought provoking prompts to guide you in processing your divorce journey! Each prompt has tons of space for you to process your thoughts and feelings!