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How To Speed Healing
Divorce Recovery

Sharon Nayor, author of The Unofficial Guide for Divorce and divorced herself, shares these secrets from people who found ways to speed their healing after divorce:

  • Allow time to pass.

  • Talk it out, but don't dwell on it.

  • Tell yourself, "I deserve better."

  • Lean on your support system.

  • Work on your future by taking a course or looking for a new job.

  • Get a makeover or a new wardrobe to help you feel better about yourself.

  • Lean on your faith.

  • Keep yourself occupied with productive activites.

  • Read encouraging or inspiring books.

  • Clip or print out inspiration thoughts for the refrigerator door.

  • Don't be sentimental about the past.

  • Don't over-dramatize.

  • Don't be fatalistic.

  • Tell yourself "Better days are coming," because they are.


 


Actions After Divorce

Putting Your House In Order
 
Post-Divorce Financial Checklist
 
Appealing or Modifying Your Final Divorce Decree
 
 

How To Speed Healing
 
Re-claim Your Life
 
Get Social
 
Ways to Move on After Divorce
 
Rebuilding Self-Esteem
 
Dealing With Your Ex
 
 

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