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Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
This isn’t a breakup pep talk. It’s a full-body recalibration for women navigating life after divorce. Dear Divorce Diary is a podcast for women dealing with grief, loneliness, anxiety, anxious or avoidant attachment, and identity loss after divorce — especially when quick fixes, positivity, and spiritual fluff no longer work.
I’m Dawn Wiggins, therapist, coach, and homeopath, and this show goes where most divorce advice won’t: into your nervous system, your unspoken grief, your buried rage…
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- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 392. Your Brain Won’t Shut Up After Divorce? Try This Eye Exercise for Stress
You’ve replayed the conversation, reread the text, and imagined every possible outcome. You know you need a break from your thoughts—but how do you actually…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
391. How to Cope With Stress After Divorce When You’re Always in Survival Mode
You wake up already calculating: what’s in the bank, what needs to get done, and how you’re going to handle all of it. Then one small thing happens—and you’re…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 390 One Text From My Ex Ruins My Day: 4 Steps to Handle Triggers After Divorce
One text. One photo. One more canceled plan—and suddenly you’re mentally arguing with your ex while your evening disappears. In this VIP episode of Dear…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
389. Poor Me Syndrome After Divorce: Why Does Letting Go Feel Like Letting Him Win?
He gets the freedom. You get the bills, the responsibilities, and the healing work. You have real reasons to be angry. But when you think about letting go of…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 388 Everyone Says “Feel Your Feelings.” How Do I Actually Do That After Divorce?
How do you process emotions after divorce when everyone says “feel your feelings,” but nobody explains what that actually looks like? You can name the anger…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
387. Divorce Grief: Am I Missing Him...or the Life I Thought We’d Have?
Divorce grief can mean mourning both your marriage and the future you thought you’d have. If you’re wondering about the stages of grief after divorce—or why…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 386 A Sleep Meditation for When You Need Support After Divorce but Feel Guilty Asking
Need emotional support after divorce, but feel guilty asking? This 10-minute guided sleep meditation offers a gentle space to acknowledge your needs and…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
385. I’m Tired of Figuring Everything Out After Divorce. What Do I Do Next?
You held it together at work. Handled the responsibilities. Gave everyone what they needed. Now you’re home—and you have nothing left for the woman who’s still…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 384 - I Want to Feel Beautiful Again After Divorce. How Do I Get Her Back?
Wanting to feel beautiful again after divorce isn’t shallow. After heartbreak, stress, body changes, and years of living in survival mode, sometimes you just…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
383. I Was a Marriage Therapist & Still Couldn’t Prevent Divorce | Why Knowing Better Isn’t Enough
I was a trained marriage and family therapist when I got divorced. I understood attachment theory. I knew the language of relationships. And I still couldn’t…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 382 - The Divorce Healing Tool You Probably Haven’t Tried Yet—and It Only Takes 9 Minutes
Some moments in divorce just feel dark. Your heart hurts. Your mind keeps circling the what-ifs. You’re thinking about him, what he’s doing, what you lost, and…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
381. Why Your Love Language Could Never Make You Feel Loved in Your Marriage - Divorce & Attachment
You knew your love language. You told him exactly what you needed—so why did it still never feel like enough? In this episode, we’re looking at what love…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 380 The Emotional Skill That Could Change Your Entire Divorce Recovery & Stop the Spiraling
What if the emotion itself isn’t what’s keeping you stuck after divorce? What if it’s the story you immediately attach to it? He did this. She said that. This…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
379. Why wasn't I worth it to him? Why This Question Keeps You Stuck After Divorce
Why wasn’t I worth it to him? Why wasn’t I worth changing for? Why wasn’t I worth getting sober for, telling the truth for, going to therapy for, fighting for?…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
378. I Want Love, Support & Good Things…But I Expect Them to Cost Me, Trap Me or Hurt Me | A Guided Meditation for Divorce Recovery
You want love. You want support. You want good things to happen to you. So why does some part of you still tense up when they actually arrive? Because when…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
377. Why Your Nervous System Resists the Life You Want After Divorce
You can know exactly what you need to do next—and still feel every part of you screaming, nope. Set the boundary. Ask for help. Leave the relationship. Start…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 376 Softening What Divorce Grief Has Hardened in You: A Yoga Nidra Practice
Divorce grief can harden you in ways you don’t always notice. You brace more. You anticipate more. You hold tighter. You get really good at pushing through…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
375. Good News and Bad News About Why You Can’t Let Go After Divorce (Pt. 2)
You’re doing the therapy. You’re listening to the podcasts. You understand your attachment style. You’ve journaled, processed, learned the language, set the…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
373. Good News and Bad News About Why You Can’t Let Go After Divorce (Pt. 1)
You’re tired of healing. You’ve listened to the podcasts. You understand your attachment style. You know about boundaries and nervous system regulation. Maybe…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
372. The Divorce Money Blocks You Don’t Know You Have: How Loss Changes Your Relationship With Money
Divorce changes your relationship with a lot of things. Love. Trust. Safety. The future. And sometimes… money. Because money isn’t just money. It can represent…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
371. What Are You Still Carrying That Doesn't Belong in Your Life After Divorce?
There are things you learned to carry because, at one point, you had to. The responsibility. The mental load. Other people's expectations. Keeping everyone…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 370 Dating After Divorce: The Questions You Need to Ask Before You Get Attached
Dating after divorce is a whole different world. Dating apps. Men holding fish. Men who apparently have never taken a decent selfie. Threesomes. Ethical…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
369. A Year After Divorce: 3 Women Tell Us What It Took to Become Themselves Again
What does it actually take to become yourself again after divorce? Today, Dawn is away—which means Joy and Coach Tiffini have been left unsupervised. And they…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. - 368 10 Things Nobody Ever Taught You About Emotions (And It's Making Divorce So Much Harder)
Learn more about A Different D Word and apply here ✨ Divorce has a way of exposing everything you were never taught. Not because you're broken. Not because…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
367. Will I Ever Be Done Healing After My Divorce... or Does My Ex Get to Haunt Me Forever?
Learn more about A Different D Word and apply here ✨ Have you ever caught yourself thinking... "I'm so tired of healing." You went to therapy. You read the…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 366 - Why Can't I Hear What I Really Need After Divorce? (A Guided Journaling Exercise)
Learn more about A Different D Word and apply here ✨ Have you ever asked yourself what you really need... and drawn a complete blank? After divorce, many women…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
365. Why You Can't Trust That Everything Will Be Okay After Divorce (Yet)
A Different D Word apply here ✨ You keep telling yourself that everything is going to be okay... So why doesn't your body believe you? If you've read the…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
364. One Day, This Could Be You | What Building Secure Attachment Actually Feels Like
Secure attachment isn't a feeling you suddenly arrive at. It's something you build. It's discovering that you can be overwhelmed, uncertain, emotional…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
363. Dear Divorce Diary... I Said Yes Again - Even Though I Promised Myself I'd Say No
Have you ever heard yourself say "Sure!"... while every part of you was screaming "Absolutely not." You promised yourself you wouldn't text him. You wouldn't…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 362 Why Does Everything Good for Me Feel Like a Chore After Divorce?
You know the things that would probably help. The walk. The boundary. The therapy session. The earlier bedtime. The journal sitting untouched on your…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
361. Three Core Ingredients of Letting Go, Moving On & Manifesting a Life You Love After Divorce
You thought healing would mean feeling better by now. Maybe you've been to therapy. Read the books. Listened to the podcasts. Journaled your heart out. Maybe…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 360 - The Deep Rest Your Divorce Recovery Needs | Retreat Yoga Nidra
What if the most healing thing you could do today wasn't another journal prompt, podcast episode, or breakthrough conversation? What if it was rest? In this…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
359. Why Is Letting Go After Divorce So Hard When He Acts Like None of It Happened?
Have you ever looked at your ex and thought: "How are you okay?" How are you dating? How are you posting vacation photos? How are you laughing with friends?…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
358. What If I Don't Fit In After Divorce?
You almost don't go. The workshop. The support group. The retreat. The community event. The coffee date. The thing you secretly want to say yes to. Because…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
357. Why Does Scrolling Dating Apps After Divorce Sound Like a Better Idea Than Going to Bed?
It's late. You're tired. You know you should put your phone down and go to sleep. Instead, you're opening Bumble. Or Hinge. Or Facebook Dating. Just to "see…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 356 What Do I Do With Everything I Never Got to Say After Divorce?
There are things you never got to say. The words you swallowed to keep the peace. The questions that never got answered. The anger you weren't allowed to…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
355. Why Do I Feel So Out of Control Around Food & Weight Since Divorce?
Maybe you're eating more. Maybe you're eating less. Maybe you're thinking about food all the time. Maybe you've gained weight, lost weight, or feel like your…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
354. Why Do I Feel Responsible for Everyone Else's Happiness After Divorce?
This week, we're taking you behind the scenes and into the very real family dynamics we're navigating in our own lives right now. Because healing doesn't…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
353. Why Do I Need Wine to Turn My Brain Off After Divorce?
You finally have a quiet night. The kids are gone. The house is calm. Nobody needs anything from you. So why can't you relax? Why does your mind keep racing?…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 352. Divorce Recovery Isn't Just Healing or Understanding. It's Learning to Surrender.
You've done the therapy. Listened to the podcasts. Read the books. So why are you still hurting? In this special episode, Dawn shares why understanding alone…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
351. Why Did I Text Him Back? Divorce, Self-Abandonment & The Pain I Couldn't Sit With
You told yourself you weren't going to text him. You meant it. Then your phone buzzed... or the loneliness got louder... or the pressure inside became…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 350 - I Know the Divorce Was Necessary... So Why Do I Still Feel Guilty? | Guided Meditation
Divorce guilt has a way of showing up long after the paperwork is signed. Maybe you feel guilty about ending the marriage. Maybe you feel guilty for staying…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
349. Why You've Done So Much Healing... But Still Feel Stuck in the Same Divorce Patterns
You've read the books. You've listened to the podcasts. You've been to therapy. You know your attachment style, your triggers, your patterns, and exactly why…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 348. The Loneliness Divorce Creates | A Guided Healing Meditation
Divorce loneliness is different. It’s not just missing a person. It’s missing the rhythm your body got used to. The future you thought you were building. The…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
347. - Why Do Smart Divorced Women Keep Doing Things That Make Them Feel Worse?
You know what would help. The walk. The boundary. Going to bed earlier. Not texting him back. Turning off the phone. Booking the therapy session. Saying no…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
EP. 346 - Marriage Taught You to Ignore Your Needs | What Self-Care Actually Looks Like After Divorce
“Self-care” sounds cute… until life gets hard. Because what does self-care actually look like when: your child needs you, your nervous system is fried, the…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
345. The Divorced Woman’s Guide to Questioning Everything | Divorce, Healing & the Systems We Were Taught to Trust
Divorce has a way of cracking open more than just your relationship. It can make you question everything. The marriage you believed in. The coping strategies…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 344. Divorce & Kids: The Nervous System Toolkit We Wish We Had Sooner
Divorce doesn’t just break hearts. It impacts nervous systems. And when your child is struggling after separation or divorce… most parents are left asking…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
343. The Divorce Parenting Mistakes Even Loving Moms Make… And What Kids Actually Need
Divorce can make moms do some wild things in the name of love. Overprotect. Overcompensate. Buy more. Say yes when we mean no. Try to fix every feeling. Avoid…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 342 - I Keep Abandoning Myself When I Hurt | A Sleep Meditation for Divorce Anxiety & Heartbreak
If you’ve been trying to hold it all together while quietly falling apart inside… this episode is for you. Because sometimes after divorce, the hardest part…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
341. Still Angry at Your Ex? It’s Not About Him Anymore | Divorce & Resentment
If you’re still angry at your ex… this episode is going to challenge the way you see it. Because what if the resentment you feel isn’t really about him…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 340 Your Ex Moved On… And Your Body Took It Personally | Divorce Triggers & Nervous System Healing
You see your ex move on. A new relationship. A happy photo. Someone casually mentions they seem “so good.” And suddenly your body reacts. Tight chest. Racing…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
339. Why Your Ex Moving On Makes You Question Your Worth | Divorce Healing
You see the photo. The new relationship. The vacation. The smile that looks a little too easy. And suddenly, your entire body reacts. Not because you want them…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 338 - Why You Keep Choosing People Who Don’t Choose You | Divorce Patterns & Self-Worth
You don’t just “end up” in relationships where you’re not chosen. You were trained for them. In this VIP episode of Dear Divorce Diary, we unpack the deeply…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
You Were Finally Feeling Better… So Why Does It Feel Like Hell Again? | Divorce Healing
You were finally starting to feel better… The anxiety wasn’t constant. The grief wasn’t consuming every moment. You even had flashes of feeling like yourself…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 336 You Thought Divorce Was the Hard Part… But Self-Doubt Is What’s Keeping You Stuck
You made it through the divorce. The papers were signed. The hardest conversations happened. You survived the part everyone warned you about. So why do you…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
335. Why Can’t I Let Him Go? …It’s Not What You Think | Divorce Identity & Grief
You thought you were past this. You had more good days. You weren’t thinking about him as much. You finally felt like maybe… you were moving forward. And then…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
Ep. 334 Your Body Says Stop…But Divorce Deadlines Won’t Wait: Nervous System Relief When You Want to Collapse
Moment 2,374 in divorce no one prepares you for... You’re sitting there—staring at the email, the paperwork, the numbers—and your whole body says: I can’t do…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
333. Is It Regret… or Divorce Grief? Why Leaving a Marriage Can Feel Like a Mistake
There’s a moment after leaving a marriage that is hard to prepare for... It’s quiet. Disorienting. And often filled with a question that feels impossible to…
- Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
332. Beautiful Badass Mode Activated: Step Into Your Power & Own Today
Good morning, you beautiful badass! Beautiful Badass Mode: Activated. This Thursday Premium EP is your quick 3-minute power shot to flip the switch and step…