Self-Care Isn't For Sissies! with Susan Guthrie Esq. Our 100th Episode!

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.    Visit https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-empowered-divorce/id1635143315 to access the entire archive of Her Empowered Divorce episodes, and while you’re there, please subscribe, rate, and review our show! 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...