Episode Details

No one gets married thinking they will one day get divorced, but sometimes it's just what happens. Now that I'm on the other side of it, I'm finally able to open up - in depth - about my codependency and people pleasing that kept me in a relationship longer than I should, and the journey towards the monumental decision of finally leaving that 14 year relationship and getting a divorce.There's such a stigma around divorce and in this episode, I'm going to break it all down. Divorce does not have to be a thing to be terribly feared. Divorce can be a beautiful experience because of the lessons it brings, depending on the lens you view it through. It seems everyone will try to get you to stay but no one will encourage you to go when it’s honestly what you’ve been leaning towards but have been too ashamed to say (or even entertain as a thought). But the fact is, no one is going to grant that wish but you. It’s a hard truth to even come to if it’s been simmering somewhere in there.With this episode, I want to offer you a glimmer of hope and maybe a bit of that encouragement that you can do this (if you decide it's the right move). By telling my story and how things have been for me since the divorce and the immense growth and healing I have experienced, I hope that you too can find the strength to choose your "more" and chase your dreams, if divorce or a breakup has been hiding in the back of your mind.So if you are like I was, using the shower to drown out the sound of your own tears, crying silently after he’s fallen asleep, feeling the silence eating away at your being, slowly dissolving, wishing you felt things more deeply, asking yourself is this really all there is, wanting wanting wanting - maybe it really is time to leave. Or at the very least, allow yourself to explore those big feelings. None of them are shameful, despite what society, tradition or religion may say.It's your life, and you are absolutely entitled to a happy and fulfilling one.