Divorce Doula » co-parenting http://divorcedoula.me Welcome to the After Wife Fri, 29 Nov 2013 19:28:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Erase the Date: what happens to your anniversary after divorce? http://divorcedoula.me/erase-the-date/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=erase-the-date http://divorcedoula.me/erase-the-date/#comments Fri, 29 Nov 2013 19:28:49 +0000 Pamela http://divorcedoula.me/?p=654 I still have the Save the Date! postcard we sent to our friends & family to announce our engagement and wedding date. It was a cheeky, goofy, blatantly non-traditional design that captured our quirky personalities.  The wedding day was pure joy followed by epic mishap. Lather, rinse, repeat. In other words, it was a perfectly […]

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]]> http://divorcedoula.me/erase-the-date/feed/ 14 Divorce Doula – not just for divorced people! http://divorcedoula.me/divorce-doula-not-just-for-divorced-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=divorce-doula-not-just-for-divorced-people http://divorcedoula.me/divorce-doula-not-just-for-divorced-people/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:36:14 +0000 Pamela http://divorcedoula.me/?p=309 This past weekend, I had a chance to speak with three happily married friends who confessed that they were big Divorce Doula fans. I was a little surprised, but extremely pleased to hear how much they enjoyed my blog, because I kind of assumed that my audience consisted of mostly divorced people or those contemplating […]

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]]> http://divorcedoula.me/divorce-doula-not-just-for-divorced-people/feed/ 3 Co-parenting with dignity & humour. Even when your child is “particular.” http://divorcedoula.me/co-parenting-with-dignity-humour-even-when-your-child-is-an-asshole/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=co-parenting-with-dignity-humour-even-when-your-child-is-an-asshole http://divorcedoula.me/co-parenting-with-dignity-humour-even-when-your-child-is-an-asshole/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:11:05 +0000 Pamela http://divorcedoula.me/?p=281   My ex texted me this morning after he dropped the kids off at school: “I think I’m going to start a blog.” My first response was “Oh crap. He’s going to start a Divorce Doula site for dudes. Back off, buddy!  I’m glad you’re cool with my blog about our divorce, but this is […]

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]]> http://divorcedoula.me/co-parenting-with-dignity-humour-even-when-your-child-is-an-asshole/feed/ 1 My mid-wife crisis http://divorcedoula.me/my-mid-wife-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-mid-wife-crisis http://divorcedoula.me/my-mid-wife-crisis/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:57:52 +0000 Pamela http://divorcedoula.me/?p=196   During my tenure as an unofficial Divorce Doula, friends & acquaintances who have sought me out for advice or comfort – whether serendipitously or strategically -all seem to share a similar story: partners who were working too much, playing too hard, not paying enough attention to their needs, to the needs of the family. […]

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]]> http://divorcedoula.me/my-mid-wife-crisis/feed/ 3 Get off the cross. We need the wood. http://divorcedoula.me/get-off-the-cross-we-need-the-wood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-off-the-cross-we-need-the-wood http://divorcedoula.me/get-off-the-cross-we-need-the-wood/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 03:04:43 +0000 Pamela http://divorcedoula.me/?p=116 In my unofficial role as a Divorce Doula, I’ve witnessed a number of people going through a separation or divorce assume the role of the martyr, the one who selflessly suffers through the never-ending bad decisions made by their ex, pitied for having to deal with such an irrational creature, the one who is always […]

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]]> http://divorcedoula.me/get-off-the-cross-we-need-the-wood/feed/ 0 It’s two years of shit, then it just…gets better http://divorcedoula.me/its-two-years-of-shit-then-it-just-gets-better/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-two-years-of-shit-then-it-just-gets-better http://divorcedoula.me/its-two-years-of-shit-then-it-just-gets-better/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:18:10 +0000 Pamela http://divorcedoula.me/?p=9 Although I enjoy a good relationship with my ex today and am living proof that divorce does not equal death, the past three years weren’t exactly brined chicken & roses. In the beginning, there was so much hurt, regret, bitterness, anger and what felt like pure hatred. There were big fat lies and there were […]

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