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The truth? A lot of people stay in unhappy marriages. They convince themselves that the grass isn’t greener. That they’re too old to start over. That everyone has faults and baggage just different ones so a new person will be more of the same or even worse! It’s hard for people to be honest with…

I just bought a new car. My own car. The first car I have bought by myself since college. You know what I mean, no longer as a couple car. Imagine my surprise when a radio computer package I signed up for suggested I name my new car AND load pictures of my new car.…

My friend just filed for divorce. She said she wanted to march in there with grace, you know…head held high, composure in check, tears tucked safely behind the dam. Didn’t happen. The dam opened, tears gushed through and grace turned into a ‘puddle.’ I remember many years ago when I first decided to get a…

Relationships are challenging, even under the best circumstances. They require balance. There are already enough everyday life challenges that can derail a relationship. Therefore, they should stay clear of the following eight dangers. Roles – The more relationships evolve into husband and wife rather than friends, equals, and teammates, the more the equilibrium is lost.…

I get a text from my friend. It has been an excruciating divorce for her and it involves betrayal. I think to myself just how devastating a blow that must be, how it adds salt to the already raw wound. I make my way through her text which involves a few explanative’s. I get it.…

A divorce doesn’t come with a standard reply. It is varied because there are those who simply don’t know what to say. There are others who fear it could happen to them. There are the inspiring individuals who recognize the strength it takes to alter life in this manner. There are the nurturers who are…

There are overtly difficult relationships and there are benignly difficult relationships. The overtly difficult relationships are extremely uncomfortable. The benignly difficult relationships, sadly, can become far more comfortable than they should. Why? Because rather than be overtly abusive they are benignly abusive. It’s easy to stay in a relationship of benign neglect. After all, the…

I am in my marriage counselors office. “How do you think you have changed?” he asks. “I no longer trust people,” I say. “It’s beyond the immediate relationship with my husband and more about how so many relationships are altered in divorce.” “You should write about that,” he says. “You should write about how much…

In my last column, I included a simple sentence that brought forth a critical turning point in my healing and emotional advancement. It was something my marriage counselor said to me early on. “Colleen, your husband is who he is, only you are the one who made the choices to stay and accept certain things.”…

I am texting a friend. “Now that I have my happy back,” I say. Wow! Not that long ago, I couldn’t imagine that this day would come. I think the overall moral of my story to getting my happy back is to recognize that two wrongs do not make a right. Sure, I wasn’t the…
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