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Not a Casserole Widow™: The Empty Room Emotion
My sleep was abysmal the first night my children were gone. A sensation like black tar surrounded me which restricted my movements. ...
coachinghope4u
Dec 30, 20233 min read


Faith Communities: Stay at Home Mom Prenup?
“I have been a stay at home mom ( SAHM ) for 23 years, homeschooling our 3 children. I have no skills, no income, and our children are...
coachinghope4u
Oct 24, 20234 min read


My God Hug (Don't miss the good photos in this!)
I got a God hug today. My mom left me a note on my counter from an old family friend of ours. During one of the gaps in my schedule, I...
coachinghope4u
Sep 29, 20232 min read


Not a Casserole Widow™: Tithe for Widows?!
Here's a piece of hope to overcome a shame I carried for years. Maybe it will release you too.
coachinghope4u
Sep 23, 20233 min read


Do hurt people, really hurt people?
Hurt people hurt people. I’ve been hurt, the nearly destroyed type of hurt, and I don’t “hurt people”. I was beaten by one of my x...
coachinghope4u
Aug 5, 20232 min read


Lost Daughter: Moms and High Conflict Divorce
2020: I landed in an unfamiliar airport and waited for 2 strangers to pick me up in a car to drive me to an unknown destination. Our 2...
coachinghope4u
Jun 25, 20233 min read


Intuition: Aroma, Odor, or Stench?
Intuition: The ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning. Recently, several clients have come...
coachinghope4u
Jun 11, 20234 min read


Faith community: Fabulous Fibs or Raw Reality?
Fellow faith community, the betrayed feel forced to choose fabulous fibs instead of raw reality when they are in your presence. Here are...
coachinghope4u
May 26, 20233 min read


Faith Community: Quality or Quantity?
Running. Running. Running. Words keep running through my mind. My brain feels like it's on fire. I have questions but no words to form...
coachinghope4u
Apr 16, 20233 min read


Faith Communities, Real is Rare.
“I don’t feel safe going to church anymore. The voices of the people in the lobby vibrate too loudly for my already rattled mind. The...
coachinghope4u
Apr 2, 20234 min read


The Door Closed
I’ve been digging through my brain trying to come up with a blog and I got zero, zip, nada. I’ve started about 10 but they aren’t “it”. ...
coachinghope4u
Jan 30, 20231 min read


Truth Series: Fait Accompli
My attorney sent me THE email: “SHE HAS SUBMITTED HER RESPONSE.” It has been exactly 122 days (or over 4 months) since our original...
coachinghope4u
Dec 23, 20222 min read


Resurrecting Joy from Hell.
Christmas 2022 I feel a jitteriness in my fingers pressing me to get this thought to you: Joy. Joy. Joy. It is creeping inside my...
coachinghope4u
Dec 9, 20223 min read


The Truth Series: Orange Juice Trigger
I set the orange juice bottle next to the chips in the pantry and paused as a realization came to me. “Orange juice does not belong here....
coachinghope4u
Nov 26, 20223 min read


The Truth Series: Guess who?
Monday, November 7, 2022, this showed up in my emails from the courts: My obvious question was “What above case?” since nothing was above...
coachinghope4u
Nov 12, 20222 min read


The Truth Series: My Judge, again
I’d love to stop talking about myself. But currently, I’m overly annoyed with the courts, so it feels appropriate to keep educating you,...
coachinghope4u
Oct 28, 20223 min read


The Truth Series: Me and my Judge
Dear Judge, When we sat in court on August 23, 2022, you said, in 30-45 days, you would provide me a decision from my last hearing which...
coachinghope4u
Oct 14, 20223 min read


Gibberish Tip #5: Word Salad.
I thought we might be done with my client whose x-husband keeps asking her to therapy (see Gibberish Tip #4), but she brought me this new...
coachinghope4u
Oct 2, 20225 min read


Gibberish Tip #4: Chaos.
Here is a real life situation I would like to share with you in hopes it will give you tools for your own journey. I have a client who...
coachinghope4u
Sep 17, 20226 min read


My Gift. Look for My Clues! (Hint: Daughter joy!)
Court messes me up.
coachinghope4u
Sep 2, 20225 min read

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