Ep. 300 - Day 6: Feeling Like an Outsider After Divorce | Christmas Cards & Comparison

Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce · Dec 27, 2025 · 1m · transcript

Today's convo is about a specific kind of holiday pain after divorce...

the Christmas cards knowing exactly how to **send you.

The smiling families.

The matching outfits.

The quiet comparison that starts to creep in and makes you feel like you no longer belong to the world you used to be part of.

In this episode, Joy and I talk about:

Why Christmas cards trigger comparison so deeply after divorce

How performance culture keeps women disconnected from themselves

The grief of rebuilding your life in truth while others appear “settled”

Why comparison pulls you off your own healing path

What it…