296. Day 2: Quiet House After Divorce | Nervous System Relief When the Silence Feels Too Loud

Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce · Dec 23, 2025 · 6m · transcript

Welcome to Day 2 of the 12 Days of Divorce Christmas...also known as the 12 Days of Becoming Her Again.

Today we’re talking about something no one prepares you for after divorce:

when the house is too quiet.

Not peaceful quiet.

Not restful quiet.

The kind of quiet that feels heavy, deafening, and impossible to sit in.

When the house feels too quiet, most of us instinctively want to:

distract

dissociate

get busy

scroll

eat

spend

numb

Anything to avoid being alone with the silence.

But today, Joy and I offer a third option...one that doesn’t involve running away or forcing yourself to sit still…