What Makes a Home?

“Broken Home.” Does anyone know specifically where this phrase came from and why we use it to describe a divorce scenario? Perhaps I should’ve googled it myself before I started typing, but I didn’t want to lose my enthusiasm. Why does it not mean “house damaged by natural disaster”?

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Money Adjustments

Lauren, blogger at My Life, Incomplete, wrote a super series about Financial Freedom after divorce. It got me thinkin’ about my own money matters over the past few years and I thought I’d share some of the choices I made, things I learned and advice I can offer others.

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Little Words; Big Impact

…I was standing outside the day care center at my place of employment. It was mid-May and the sun was shining. I was talking to my co-worker about my Horrid Home Situation: the screaming matches, the late-night drives to nowhere, the fact that I was sleeping on the couch. She knew something was up, of course, because she’d observed the change in my demeanor.

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Stories From the Salon

I got my hair trimmed tonight. It was a much-needed trip to the salon and I needed to get about 2 inches get rid of all the damage I’ve done since my last visit… I think that was in October. But this isn’t about my level of neglect towards my mane.

While I was in the chair, I was participating in that typical salontalk with my stylist, Diane (not her real name, of course). I told her all about Divorce Coach Training and the great books I’ve read about my favorite subject. She told me about a client of hers who got divorced…

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