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Gray Divorce After 50: How to Heal, Rebuild & Start Over | Oona Metz · Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce | Post Divorce Life

• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome back to Ben's Not Broken, Starting Over After Divorce.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Deborah Griffiths.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: Today I'm bringing back an important conversation with therapist Una Metz about a topic affecting more and more women.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: Grey divorce and starting over after 50.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: Divorce at midlife can feel very different from divorce earlier in life.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: You may be ending a marriage that lasted 20, 30, or even 40 years.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your children may be grown.
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_00: Retirement may be getting closer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your friendships, finances, family traditions, and even your sense of identity may have been built around your marriage.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: And suddenly you're asking, who am I now?
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_00: How do I rebuild my life after divorce?
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  SPEAKER_00: And is it too late to start over?
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  SPEAKER_00: Una Metz understands the unique emotional challenges women face during gray divorce.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_00: In our conversation, we talk about the grief that comes with the end of a long-term marriage, loneliness after divorce, changing friendships, rebuilding your identity, and learning how to create a fulfilling life when the future you expected no longer exists.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: And this subject means even more to me today.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_00: At 67, I want women to hear this message clearly.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: There is no expiration date on starting over.
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  SPEAKER_00: Divorce after 50, 60, or beyond doesn't mean your best years are behind you.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: This can be a time to heal, rediscover who you are, rebuild your confidence, and decide what you want your next chapter to look like.
• 2:25
  SPEAKER_00: If you're going through a gray divorce, contemplating divorce later in life, or wondering how to start over after a long-term marriage, I hope you'll hear something in today's conversation that reminds you that your story isn't finished.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_00: You can rebuild.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can rediscover yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's never too late to write your next chapter.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's my conversation with UNA Metz.