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Riss, Suzanne, author.
Sockwell, Jill, author.
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Divorce -- Psychological aspects.
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Divorce -- Psychological aspects.
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The Optimist's guide...
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The Optimist's guide to divorce : how to get through your breakup and create a new life you love / Suzanne Riss & Jill Sockwell.
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Riss, Suzanne, author.
, Sockwell, Jill, author.
New York : Workman Publishing, 2016.
Description:
x, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
"I don't" -- The kids: handle with care -- Law & disorder -- Temporary chao$ -- Place to call home -- The ex files: communicating 101 -- Your ex and the warm body replacement -- The golden key: acceptance -- It's an inside job -- Finding peace of mind -- Your TLC action plan -- Write your own happy ending -- Guide to gorgeous -- Happily ever after . . . with yourself -- Socializing again: the scarlet D -- Drinks @ 8; time to date -- Create your own community.
Summary:
"Close to 50 percent of marriages in America fail, leading to about 1.5 million divorces a year. But for Suzanne Riss and Jill Sockwell, who've been there and done that, there's no comfort in statics, only community. Community is the one thing that can turn the shattering experience of divorce into a tolerable one-and, finally, a positive one. And community is what the authors offer in their inspiring and brilliantly helpful book, The Optimist's Guide to Divorce. This is the girlfriend-to-girlfriend guide that belongs in the hands of every one of those 1.5 million divorcing women. It's the book that draws on real women's experiences-not only the authors' but ten other women from the support group the authors started who all share their stories, insights, and wisdom. It's the book that gets into the trenches at the beginning of the process, in the section called Deal, which focuses on what readers need to know right away - including how to tell the kids, confront the financial issues, figure out where to live, find legal help, and emotionally get through the day. From there it moves to Heal, which helps readers work through their anger, loss, and sadness and develop an action plan for the future. And, finally, Reveal, when it's time to celebrate the hard work and a new, stronger self. Because-in the succinct words of the book's underlying promise-the best time to find yourself is after losing him. Direct, warm, friendly, humorous, it's the book that will get every reader into a better relationship with the one person she'll be with for the rest of her life-herself" ---Provided by publisher.
For the more than one million women who get divorced each year, welcome to your support group. Wise, comforting, and uplifting, The Optimist's Guide to Divorce captures the experience of sisterhood through the voices of its authors and their community of women in the Maplewood Divorce Club--women who understand what you're going through, who know the practical issues as well as the emotional ones, and who can help you keep a sense of hope and a sense of humor. Brimming with stories and insights, valuable resources and smart strategies, in-the-trenches tips and sanity-saving takeaways, this book prepares you for each phase of divorce, from having "the talk," to breaking the news to family and friends, to figuring out where to live, to co-parenting with an ex, to rebounding and rebooting your life. It's divided into three sections that cover the process from start to finish--Deal, Heal, and Reveal--and make it easy to jump in wherever you are in your journey. And even better, to make the choices that will help you develop a better relationship with the one person you'll be with for the rest of your life--yourself.
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Life skills guides.
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2016
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