Splitting time during the holidays, being alone, having your kids away…these are the things most divorced people expect to grieve over post-divorce. But what I didn’t expect to hit me like a ton of bricks was all these much more subtle and nuanced things that I didn’t even think could affect me but they did.
It's difficult to not have expectations on how the holiday is going to go when year after year it has looked and felt the same. In this episode, let’s talk about the things divorced people grieve people that aren’t really discussed.
In this episode:
- 01:27 - Longing over attachment to holiday traditions
- 06:20 - Grieving the relationships of your former extended family
- 13:42 - Navigating the balance of sharing grief with my partner while also protecting him
- 17:02 - Scripts for holding emotional boundaries
- 18:23 - Missing my stepkids
- 19:27 - The silver lining in dating after divorce
- 23:11 - Holding space for grieving over the past and being grateful for the present
- 24:17 - Feel your feelings
- 25:54 - Emotions don’t always have to have meanings
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