Dealing With Grief

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How To Heal Divorce Heartbreak So You Can Move On With Your Life

By Dr. Karen Finn / June 23, 2018

The only way to figure out how to heal from divorce heartbreak is to work through the pain. These 13 steps will help you find your way to feeling happy again.

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How To Get Through Grief After A Divorce

By Dr. Karen Finn / April 10, 2018

Dealing with grief after a divorce is incredibly difficult and scary. There will be times when you simply don’t recognize yourself. However, once you know what to expect, put the necessary support in place, and then allow yourself to fully grieve, you’ll not only heal your broken heart, but rediscover the truth of who you truly are.

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Silhouette of 3 friends, hiking up a rise toward a sunset/rise. 5 Things you HAVE to do to FINALLY get over your breakup.

The 5 Things You HAVE To Do To FINALLY Get Over Your Break Up

By Dr. Karen Finn / March 20, 2017

Because it takes more than booze and ice cream to truly heal. It doesn’t matter if this is the first time or the hundredth time – break ups suck. Logically, you know you’d never want a relationship with someone who doesn’t want you. But logic isn’t where you go when you get the news that…

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5 Tips For Dealing With Anger Due To Grief About Divorce

By Dr. Karen Finn / March 16, 2017

Dealing with anger due to grief about divorce is a really difficult part of divorce recovery. But these 5 tips will start to make it a bit easier.

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Silhouette of women with clasped hands in front of a sunset/sunrise. How to stay sane when your spouse has filed for divorce.

How To Stay Sane When Your Spouse Has Filed For Divorce

By Dr. Karen Finn / March 7, 2017

Your old life is over. Here’s how to start your new one. When you find out your spouse has filed for divorce, it’s pretty normal to feel disbelief – like there must be some mistake. There’s no way they would just throw in the towel like that … would they? Once they confirm that they…

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How To Boost Your Self-Confidence (And Get Over Your Divorce Faster)

By Dr. Karen Finn / March 7, 2017

Use these 3 tips for building your self-confidence and get over your divorce. Failure. That’s what divorce is. It’s the failure of a marriage. Divorce is NOT your personal failure. Yet that’s what almost everyone who gets divorced struggles with – the belief that they are now and forever more a failure of the worst…

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How To Deal With Loneliness When You Divorce

By Dr. Karen Finn / January 23, 2017

These 11 tips will help you quickly learn how to deal with loneliness when you divorce so you can move on with your life.

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Yes, Homosexual Divorce Hurts Too (DUH!)

By Dr. Karen Finn / January 2, 2017

Even “nice” prejudices cause more harm than good. I’m sick and tired of all the divisiveness we’re subjected to every day here in the US. Our culture seems to thrive on the us vs. them mentality. We see it in the way people segregate themselves into groups with a strong loyalty that often transcends logic…

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There’s A MAJOR Reason ‘The Divorce Diet’ Sounds Too Good To Be True

By Dr. Karen Finn / December 13, 2016

I know I’m not your mother, but you HAVE to eat. Even though my ex-husband and I knew divorcing was the best answer for resolving our issues, actually going through and getting over it was one of the most difficult experiences I have had. The transition was so painful I sometimes wondered if I would…

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How To Heal From Divorce? Stop Doing This

By Dr. Karen Finn / December 5, 2016

Not doing this one thing will change EVERYTHING! Your logical mind knows the fact that thousands of people survive divorce every year. However, the rest of you isn’t so sure you’ll be one of them. You’re facing too many changes, too many losses. You’re not sure if you have the strength to continue on. You’re…

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How Do I Know Things Are Going To Be Alright?

By Dr. Karen Finn / December 5, 2016

The first step is to choose to make them that way – no matter what. Horror. Destruction. Betrayal. Loss. Grief. Fear. Pain. Loneliness. Guilt. Rejection. Shock. Disbelief. Anger. These are just a few 1-word descriptions of divorce. Although they’re each powerful, none of these words evoke any positive thoughts. And that’s because they are all…

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How To Immediately Deal With The Loneliness Of Divorce

By Dr. Karen Finn / December 1, 2016

Knowing how to deal with loneliness will make getting through your divorce much easier. These 6 tips could be exactly what you need to stop feeling so alone.

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