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EP. 244 - I Know What’s Healthy for Me, So Why Can’t I Choose It After Divorce? · Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce

• 0:54
  Speaker 1: Hi love.
• 0:55
  Speaker 1: 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.
• 1:05
  Speaker 1: I'm your host, dawn Wiggins, a therapist, coach, integrative healer and divorcee.
• 1:11
  Speaker 1: Join me for a fresh approach to healing grief and building your confidence after divorce.
• 1:15
  Speaker 1: You are a woman who already knows what's good for you and, if not in every way, you're learning it and you're invested in learning it.
• 1:32
  Speaker 1: But knowing and choosing are two different beasts.
• 1:36
  Speaker 1: Maybe it's the yoga class you keep skipping the boundary you avoid setting, or the journal collecting dust they call that shelf esteem, lol.
• 1:44
  Speaker 1: Maybe you say I'll do it tomorrow or I don't have the energy.
• 1:47
  Speaker 1: But what if the real reason you're not choosing what's healthy isn't laziness or a lack of willpower, but it's hidden grief, maybe with a side of shame?
• 1:59
  Speaker 1: In today's episode we dive deep into why women fresh out of divorce struggle to choose what supports their healing, even when they know what to do.
• 2:09
  Speaker 1: We're going to unpack the sneaky emotional loops that make short-term relief like numbing, people-pleasing, getting into a fight with your ex feel safer than long-term healing, and how your nervous system is often still in survival mode, prioritizing comfort over growth.
• 2:26
  Speaker 1: We're also going to talk about why you're more afraid of being rejected by others than you are aware of how often you're rejecting yourself.
• 2:34
  Speaker 1: This episode isn't about shaming yourself for not doing enough.
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: It's about understanding why it feels so hard and what to do differently.
• 2:44
  Speaker 1: I'm going to give you a very specific calendar task plus a three-question prompt to guide you in that exact moment when you feel the urge to avoid the thing you know would help you heal.
• 2:55
  Speaker 1: You can access the full episode by becoming a premium subscriber, which is just $5 a month.
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: Scroll down to the show notes and click the link where you'll get your very own individualized RSS feed for your podcast app.
• 3:10
  Speaker 1: You deserve to stop abandoning yourself, and this episode will help you connect with how Dear Divorce Diary is a podcast by MyCoachDawn.
• 3:27
  Speaker 1: You can find more at MyCoachDawncom.