How to Move On After Divorce: The Deep Impact of Loss — Be Your Own Brand of Sexy

The wedding album fell open to them dancing and looking so happy. Lisa hadn’t meant to find it. She’d been organizing the linen closet when it slipped off the shelf. Now she sat on the floor, feeling the familiar sadness wash over her. “You’ll feel better once you start dating again,” her sister had said at lunch. As if it were that simple. As if she could just switch off being sad because time had passed.

Divorce is often portrayed as a clean break- two people split up and start new lives. But this simple story misses something crucial: divorce brings up all your old wounds about relationships, trust, and what happens when people leave.

You might hear that everyone follows the same path: grief, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. But these stages don’t follow a tidy timeline. Others’ expectations for quick progress through these stages sets women up to feel like they’re failing. One day you’re excited about your new life, the next day an old photo makes you cry. And when friends and family push you to ‘get back out there’ or ‘stop dwelling on it,’ their good intentions can make everything harder.

How Your Past Shapes Your Healing

As a woman going through divorce, you might find yourself feeling things you don’t quite…