It can be really hard when a relationship ends but I've just interviewed Rosie Wilby, author of The Break Up Monologues on The Unexpected Joy of Heartbreak. Hold on, you can get through this.
The end of my 20 year marriage was the scariest thing I’ve ever done - emotionally, financially, mentally. I would agree that agency was hugely important in my ability to navigate it.
I was asked on my perspectives on failure the other day. whilst traditional society might class my divorce as failure - I see it as the brave, ultimately compassionate choice for me, my ex and our children, and a vote for personal growth, freedom and hope. My reins 😊
Yes, I think you're right. It does take huge courage though and it's really tough going through. When you pop up on the other side for air, it's the sweetest gulp of air. I love what you're written here - the 'compassionate choice' and 'vote for personal growth'. Thank you for this perspective.
A beautiful perspective that is simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful. I think it’s so much about agency, and feeling out of control of our own narrative. You are taking your own story by the reins, and though there will be days where it certainly won’t feel like that, never doubt what opportunities you are creating 💕
Interesting. My divorce when the kids were young felt like the end of the world. But it wasn’t. I hadn’t seen it from this angle. Thank you for sharing this. X
Taking the story by the reins. I like that idea. Yes, it's creating new opportunities.
Yes, that 'end of the world' feeling. But then you can only look back in retrospect...and think, I survived, I've thrived, I'm stronger.
The end of my 20 year marriage was the scariest thing I’ve ever done - emotionally, financially, mentally. I would agree that agency was hugely important in my ability to navigate it.
I was asked on my perspectives on failure the other day. whilst traditional society might class my divorce as failure - I see it as the brave, ultimately compassionate choice for me, my ex and our children, and a vote for personal growth, freedom and hope. My reins 😊
Yes, I think you're right. It does take huge courage though and it's really tough going through. When you pop up on the other side for air, it's the sweetest gulp of air. I love what you're written here - the 'compassionate choice' and 'vote for personal growth'. Thank you for this perspective.
A beautiful perspective that is simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful. I think it’s so much about agency, and feeling out of control of our own narrative. You are taking your own story by the reins, and though there will be days where it certainly won’t feel like that, never doubt what opportunities you are creating 💕
Interesting. My divorce when the kids were young felt like the end of the world. But it wasn’t. I hadn’t seen it from this angle. Thank you for sharing this. X