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Validation

I am someone who needs validation. I have anxiety. Validation means my thoughts are based on reason, not anxiety, and so, I need it. Divorce had been eye opening. I had a fairy tale dream of a nuclear dysfunctional family like the kind I watched on TV, like the Cosbys, and, similarly, Roseanne, Married with…

Divorce Truth #1

Truth: Sharing your news sucks The thing about divorce is that is immensely private. It is also, terribly public. Unless you’ve lived as hermits in a forest, you have friends, family, co-workers and neighbours, who will eventually know you are the victim of a failed marriage. And you know what? Whether you’re the initiator or…

The “Fleischmans” Gets it

via Linda Kallerus/FX It’s been a long personal break in my life, taking the longest break from blogging since I started blogging professionally well over a decade ago – all for third parties, the whole time. It has been a time of internally analyzing rather than getting thoughts down on ‘paper.’ Mental math, if you…

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