self-care isn’t for sissies!
HER EMPOWERED DIVORCE
⭐️EPisode 100 ⭐️
SELF-CARE DURING THE DIVORCE PROCESS. EP 100.
HOST: Beverly Price, Divorce & Empowerment Coach
GUEST: Susan Guthrie, Mediator and Attorney
SUMMARY:
Self-care during divorce is not a luxury but a necessity. The emotional toll of ending a marriage can be overwhelming, and taking care of oneself becomes paramount during this challenging time. Self-care is also more than just spa days and bubble baths. It is about prioritizing your mental, emotional, and physical well-being and may entail seeking professional help to navigate the complex feelings that arise. In this turbulent time, self-care serves as the anchor that helps you heal and empowers you to make sound decisions and ultimately emerge from the divorce process with strength and resilience to face the new reality. In this episode of Her Empowered Divorce, your Host, Beverly Price, talks to Susan Guthrie, a mediator, attorney, and the host of The Divorce and Beyond Podcast. Together, they discuss the profound impact and significance of self-care during the divorce process and how you can incorporate effective self-care strategies that can help you show up for yourself, your children, and your family.
Divorce doesn’t have to be a death sentence. With the right support and guidance, you can move through the process with knowledge, skills, and confidence. If you’d like to schedule a complimentary private consultation, reach out to Beverly at: https://beverly-price.as.me/Consultation.
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Self-care during a divorce is not selfish; it’s a necessity. Always start with your self-care. If you don’t take care of yourself during this stressful time, you will not be much help to yourself, your children, who have amplified need of you, other family members, and other people who need you.
Stress and anxiety in divorce. Making hasty decisions based on emotions in divorce is the biggest mistake. Be aware of what is happening for you and to you, take a pause, and do things for yourself (self-care) that will help you get off the hot rock.
Regardless of your drive to get a divorce, divorce is not something you put a bandage on, and it heal. Once you get through the divorce, you have a new reality ahead, and taking care of yourself will help you deal with your emotions, make better decisions, and get to the other side in a better state.
When you are having conversations about divorce, and you feel stressed and emotionally overwhelmed, you are not capable of thinking clearly, and one of the biggest self-care is saying, “I need some time to think about it,” you do not always need to make decisions at that moment.
NOTABLE QUOTES:
If you are feeling whole, have more control over your emotional state, and your cortisol and hormones are not hijacking your brain, you are going to make better decisions, and you are going to move forward to a better future, as opposed to moving to a future that is predicated on decisions that were made when your emotions were in control and brain was not functioning well. (Susan)
The worst mistake you can make during a divorce is to let your emotions hijack you. (Beverly)
Even if you don’t generally believe in therapy or believe that you are someone who doesn’t need therapy, please consider situational therapy as you go through divorce and having a coach help you as you go forward. (Susan)
If nothing else can pool you out and get you to take care of yourself, your love for your children means you have to love yourself because your children love you, and you have to care for yourself so that you can care for them; don’t make them care for you. (Susan)
To have a great life post-divorce, you want to take care of yourself and move forward in a better way toward your future; the decisions you make during your divorce lay the foundation for your new life after divorce. (Susan)
When stress hormones are running around in your body, they shut the part of the brain that is rational; when you are feeling that way, you are not capable of thinking clearly, and one of the biggest self-care is asking for more time to think about it; you don’t always need to make decisions at that moment. (Susan)
FURTHER RESOURCES/RELEVANT LINKS:
Beverly’s personal Facebook page can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/beverlyprice365/
Women’s Divorce and Empowerment group discussion available at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/divorcerecovery
Her Empowered Divorce YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@HerEmpoweredDivorce1
ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Susan Guthrie has been one of the leading family law attorneys and mediators in the country for more than 32 years. As a worldwide expert in online mediation, she has trained over 25,000 professionals in the ethical and practical considerations of transitioning to a virtual practice with her innovative Learn to Mediate Online® Program.
In late 2020, Susan and legal legend Forrest “Woody” Mosten partnered together to found the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide top-of-the-line training for family lawyers, mediators, and collaborative professionals worldwide in a virtual format. Her award-winning podcast, The Divorce & Beyond® Podcast, is one of the top 1.5 % of podcasts worldwide, and she is known to millions of listeners around the world as the “divorce voice you can trust!” She also produces and hosts the Make Money Mediating Podcast to support and advance dispute resolution professionals and practitioners.
Susan regularly presents at professional events and conferences around the world, and her recent featured programs and keynote addresses include the 2022 APFM Annual Conference, the 2022 NADN Annual Advanced Mediation Training Retreat, the 2022 NJAPM Annual Conference, the 2023 NYCDM Annual Conference and the 2023 CILS Symposium in Salzburg, Austria. She is honored to serve as the Vice-Chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to leading the Section as Chair in 2024.
Website: https://mediate.com/author/susan-guthrie/
https://divorceandbeyondpod.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susaneguthrie/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susanguthrieesq
Email: susan@susaneguthrie.com
ABOUT YOUR HOST:
Beverly Price is the empowering divorce coach who guides women on their journey before, during, and after divorce to eliminate pain, overwhelm, sadness, and anger and create more knowledge, skill, and peace that she experienced herself.
CONTACT YOUR HOST:
Website: http://www.herempowereddivorce.com/
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Email: beverly@herempowereddivorce.com
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