All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong? – Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Lennon-McCartney (1966) When you first separate, you have to become a professional at adjusting. Your new normal might look very different to the old life you used to inhabit, as almost […]
It’s school holiday time, so let’s think about what you need to consider when planning a family holiday as a single parent for the first time. Who’s going? Let’s consider the simple – who’s going. Will it be just you and your children, or are you considering a larger group of family and friends? Are […]
I was quite young when I joined the Stepparent Club – welcome Jo to the club of one. It’s not really a club but perhaps it should be, and I could be the founding member. I was in my mid-twenties, and I remember being confused, disheartened and underappreciated as I navigated this newly laid minefield […]
Some people stay in their marriage for ‘the children’. It’s understandable, and it’s one way to go. If you do this, have you asked yourself how long you will stay? Is it forever? Perhaps you will still be sitting there when your child is thirty, in a marriage you emotionally checked out of twenty years […]
When to ask for emotional help. If you are separating from a long-term relationship or going through a divorce, it is commonplace to feel stressed or depressed. If you are not used to asking for help, it might be difficult to realise when emotional help moves from desirable to essential. So when do you ask […]
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