Or am I over reacting? Chances are that if you're questioning whether or not you're experiencing abuse, you probably are. People in healthy relationships don't feel the need to ask this question. Abuse is when someone consistently and frequently chooses to attempt to control another person rather than control themselves. This control can be exerted through various ways, manipulation, coercion, threats of violence, abandonment or actual physical violence. This control can

Charcoal and Pencil Girl Laughing While divorce signals a painful ending, there is no ending that does not also include a beginning. Allow yourself the space to fully feel and grieve that ending, see a therapist, journal, reflect on your contributions to the marriage ending with your therapist etc. Then turn your attention to creating your new beginning even if it feels far into the future. Are there any things that you always wanted to do or to try that you never seemed to

One of the most difficult aspects of going through a divorce is all the uncertainty, especially around finances. It's really hard to make plans when you have no idea where the pieces are going to land. Will you be able to afford to stay in the home? Will you have to move? Will you have to change jobs or go back to work? Will the kids have to change schools? Will you have enough to retire? Will you be able to continue to save for retirement, college or emergency savings

Time published an article by Oona Metz, 'Why So Many Women Initiate Divorce'.  Reading along I found myself nodding my head with many of the reasons echoing why I chose to end my own marriage.  The main passage that hit home with me was:   " …despite years of effort, they are unable to engage their spouses in improving their partnerships. In many cases, their spouses have disengaged or abandoned the spoken and unspoken rules of marriage, leaving women cornered into choosing d