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Unearth Your Deepest Desires: An exercise in heart-centered new beginnings desires of the heart dreams exploration healing possibility after divorce Sep 27, 2015

By Karen McMahon


During my years of coaching I have been fascinated at how often as adults we forget how to dream.  When asked what their ideal is where a job, relationship, home or life, clients more often than not, “I don’t know”.  When we dig deeper, most discuss what they don’t want and that ...

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Laughs, Lessons and Longings While Dating dating dating and divorce divorce lessons online dating Sep 02, 2015

By: Karen McMahon


 

I have been learning about myself as I begin to navigate the world of online dating.  I have entered this experience committed to watching where my thoughts take me and what happens when my judgments and fears arise.

I have learned that I am slow at this dating game.  That i...

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By: Karen McMahon


Recently single again, I have watched my reluctance to get back into the dating game.  In examining my resistance, limited beliefs and fears as they came up, I realized how many of us go through similar struggles.  I plan to share parts of my journey with you in the hopes of ope...

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Healthy Relationships Require Healthy Boundaries boundaries codependence control freedom healthy relationships love personal responsibility Jun 26, 2015

By Karen McMahon


We need boundaries to experience healthy loving relationships.  Yet so many of us did not grow up in families that exhibited healthy boundaries.  In fact, we may have experienced quite the opposite and not even understand what a boundary is.  If your relationship is facing crisis...

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Possibility Lies On The Other Side Of Our Comfort Zone coaching comfort zone divorce inspiration life single parents Feb 27, 2015

By Karen McMahon


Once we are aware and accept that we are where we are, we must then act and there in lies the most vital step to not only changing our circumstances, but transforming ourselves and our lives.

The entrance into personal transformation always begins with noticing, becoming aware o...

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Creating Your Divorce Support Team after divorce divorce support manhattan nyc post divorce support team Jan 27, 2015

By Lisa Brick


Divorce is  a lonely and isolating process initially yet it does not have to remain that way. As confusing and painful as splitting up a marriage, a family, and a life can be, with the appropriate support the experience can be one of clarity, growth, and confidence. While this may s...

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Mind Chatter - Joy's Thief divorce fear finding peace mind chatter worry Jan 27, 2015

By Karen McMahon


What causes us to lose our peace and joy?

Financial instability.  Complicated health issues.  Sudden unexpected loss…of a loved one…a job…a relationship. Frustration or disappointment around raising teenagers or caring for elderly parents.  Actually, it is more general than that...

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Intimacy After Divorce: What's The Risk? after divorce companion dating intimacy post divorce Dec 26, 2014

By Lisa Brick


intimacy (n)

in·ti·ma·cy[ íntəməssee ]

  1. close relationship: a close personal relationship
  2. quiet atmosphere: a quiet and private atmosphere
  3. detailed knowledge: a detailed knowledge resulting from a close or long association or study

Both pleasure and pain are risks of intimac...

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The Greatest Obstacle Men Face In Getting Support asking for help divorce for men overcoming pride in divorce Oct 15, 2014

By Trent Hand


I have a confession to make.  I’m not always proud of this and it’s something my wife has been dealing with for a few years now, helping me work through it.  Really, I’ve struggled with this since childhood and to a large degree I feel I learned this from my father, though it’s ulti...

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The Secret to a Peaceful Divorce and saving on Attorney Fees compassion divorce hostility negotiating open-minded peaceful divorce Apr 27, 2014

By Lisa Brick


There are obvious differences in perspectives and opinions between people. How individuals approach their perspectives and opinions determines how much emotional and financial carnage they’ll experience as they navigate their way through divorce.

When one or both parties is bunkere...

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Action: The Third Step in the Journey Toward Peace action comfort zone post divorce pre divorce Mar 14, 2014

To read about the first two steps, begin here...

Step 1:  Awareness - The first step in becoming conscious of our role in every upset is awareness.  It is the beginning of witnessing our own perspectives and behaviors…the practice of ‘mindfulness’.

Step 2:  Acceptance - Realizing that we have a pa...

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The Only Way Out is Through: Getting Beyond the Pain of Divorce being healing struggle support Feb 22, 2014

Many of us do anything to not feel our pain.  We unconsciously throw moderation to the wind and numb ourselves in excess.  We OVER eat, drink, watch sitcoms, work, exercise, medicate, and shop.  We fill and stuff and numb ourselves so that we don’t have to feel.  And the pain always returns.

You ha...

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