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Ep. 330 Behind the Mic: The Parts of Post-Divorce Sex & Desire We Usually Hide · Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce

• 0:49
  SPEAKER_00: On Tuesday, we talked about loneliness after divorce and the temptation of being wanted again.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_00: But when the recording stopped, and this happens, the conversation got even more honest.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: Because the reality is most divorced women don't just want connection again.
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  SPEAKER_00: They want proof they're still desirable, still chosen, still alive in their body.
• 1:13
  SPEAKER_00: And the moment when someone new wants you, it can feel like such a drug or medicine.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: And in this Thursday Behind the Mic episode, we're talking about the part of that experience we didn't fully say out loud on Tuesday.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe because we feel safer to say it behind a less public paywall.
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  SPEAKER_00: The validation, the confusion, and the quiet question so many of us have carried.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: Am I actually ready for love or am I just trying to feel wanted again?
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: Hi, love.
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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Dear Divorce Diary, the podcast helping divorcees go beyond talk therapy to process your grief, find the healing you crave, and build back your confidence.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Don Wiggins, a therapist, coach, integrative healer, and divorce.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: Join me for a fresh approach to healing grief and building your confidence after divorce.
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_00: Let's pop off with our the tendency.
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  SPEAKER_00: Did you have this tendency to want to reconnect with your ex?
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  SPEAKER_00: The urge to go back, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: To fill the hole, to fill the gap to uh whether it's the difficulty of letting go or that needing physical touch or the fear or the insecurity.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we see this so much with our listeners, but what about us?
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  SPEAKER_00: So I kind of had my cake and ate it too.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I didn't like the cake.
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• 2:55
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