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Getting Divorced? Here’s Your Survival Kit!
Getting divorced isn’t easy, but these things can help you get through it and thrive on the other side
Divorce is a life transition like no other. It shakes up everything in your life, including your name if you’re a woman. It changes your identity, your living situation, even how you parent your children.
Time does help to heal the wounds of divorce, but what about when you’re in the midst of the process? Whether the decision to divorce was yours or your ex’s, divorce creates a gaping wound that can continue to bleed long after the divorce is official.
But you don’t have to suffer endlessly. There are things you can add to your life that can make the process a little easier and a little less painful. Some of these things are optional, depending on whether you want to include them, and meant more for fun. Others are legitimately a key to getting through a divorce without feeling like you’re losing everything.
Take a look and pick the things that work for you.
Tissues
No matter how your divorce came about, there’s likely to be a lot of tears over the next few months or perhaps even years. So stockpile the tissues and don’t be stingy about grabbing a handful when you need…
