259. The Real Reason You Struggle to Get Help After Divorce (pssst - you're not crazy you're just carrying too much!)

Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce

If asking for help feels impossible, you’re not broken—you’re overloaded. Divorce isn’t just grief; it’s carrying more than one nervous system can hold.

You’ll Learn

• Why independence can feel safer than leaning on others.
• How overload—not weakness—explains your struggle.
• The first steps to receiving support without shame.

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After divorce, many women insist, “I’ve got it.” But inside, they’re drowning. This episode explains why asking for help feels like failure when in reality, it’s survival. I’ll share how overload keeps your nervous system on high alert, and how small steps toward receiving support can bring relief, connection, and trust back into your life.

Divorce recovery means learning to receive support—not just give it.

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A podcast exploring the journey of life after divorce, delving into topics like divorce grief, loneliness, anxiety, manifesting, the impact of different attachment styles and codependency, setting healthy boundaries, energy healing with homeopathy, managing the nervous system during divorce depression, understanding the stages of divorce grief, and using the Law of Attraction and EMDR therapy in the process of building your confidence, forgiveness and letting go.

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Fejezetek

1. The Cost of Carrying It All Alone (00:00:00)

2. When No One Shows Up For You (00:08:45)

3. The Trap of Hyper-Independence (00:17:07)

4. Why Receiving Help Feels Foreign (00:24:30)

5. Facing Your Shadows to Find Freedom (00:30:17)

6. The Path Through Pain to Integration (00:36:06)