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Download - Practical Guide to Week One After Separation

In this episode, Dominique shares with you over two decades of experience and focuses on the key steps you need to take in the weeks...

Guest Kylie Travers Shares Her Story from Homeless Single Mum to Award Winning CEO 

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Kylie Travers shares her story with the host of Thrive After Divorce, Dominique Bergel-Grant, on how she went from homeless single mum to award swimming CEO, author, speaker and ambassador. Being recognised as a 2015 Young Australian of the Year Finalist.

"When you live your life on everyone else's terms you aren't living your life" - Kylie Travers

Kylie shares with us how she has learnt that putting yourself first is not something to feel guilty about, it is not selfish. It makes her the best Mum, business owner and person she can be.

Join us in the this conversation, from moments that want to make you cry, to the ones that just make you happy. Along with some amazing practical tips Kylie has implemented in her day to day life to make her current reality possible.

Want to know more about Kylie jump over to www.thethriftyissue.com.au

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Welcome to the Thrive After Divorce Podcast. In this episode, your host and founder of Tall Poppy Woman, Dominique Bergel-Grant, shares her why. Hear the story of her Mother's separation and divorce that went on for almost two decades in the Family Law Courts. The heartbreaks, the lessons and why Dominique is determined that every woman who suffers separation and divorce knows that she does not stand alone. That she is worth the future she desires and can stand tall. Together we are stronger. So join the Tall Poppy Woman revolution today.

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In life, we often get so caught up in today and forget about where we want to be in our future. It is also easy to end up doing things that force us to spend time in places that we don't want to be, with people we perhaps don't even really like.

It is important to make time to take simple steps to declutter our lives and there is no better time to do this than at the start of the year.

Decluttering your life is about giving yourself permission to focus on the things that matter to you the most.

Press Pause

The first step is to put time into your diary every week that is time just for you.  This is your opportunity to spend time to reset, put the week that has been into context and press pause even if you only have 10 minutes to spare. This time should be used to do something that replenishes and nurtures you. Whether it be meditating, taking a blanket down to the park and reading a book or simply going for a walk.

Set Your Intention

Whether on a daily, weekly or...

In a relationship breakdown, both parties suffer stages of grief. Regardless if you are the one that decides to leave or is the one who is left feeling abandoned. It is first important to acknowledge that stages of grief will happen at different times for each person, unfortunately in many cases causing further tension and conflict.

For the one that makes the decision to end the relationship, it is common for one or more stages to happen before the separation, as they come to terms with the reality of their decision. It is also very common that these stages of grief do not follow a set order and can seemingly happen in unison, rather in a stage of one at a time. Resulting in higher levels of stress, anxiety, and emotions. It is also important to acknowledge that there is no set timeframe, however, studies show that it takes on average 17 months to grieve the end of a relationship. Remember however this is the average, and it is not a race to the finish line.

The Search for...

 The Initial Roles

When it comes to grieving a relationship. It is first to understand your initial role.

There is always someone who leaves and always someone who tends to feel more abandoned and potentially feels left behind.

When it comes to the stages of grieving, it is really, important to understand that both parties do go through these stages. However, typically at very different times and in different emotional bands.

The other thing to understand as I walk you through these stages of grief is that there is no set order. We all experience grief differently and in our own time and in fact often not stage by stage, but by groups of stages all at once, that causes our emotional pendulum to go on a wild ride. However, the end goal is that you reach a point of acceptance. From here you will be able to move forward and that's the ideal place to get to.

Tall Poppy Woman is about providing emotional support during this grieving stage so that you can manage it with the right...

The Sexism by Family and Friends After Separation

Have you ever found yourself being questioned by family about your personal choices after separation or divorce? Criticised for not making the ‘right’ choices or being called selfish?

For anyone who has gone through a separation you very quickly are forced to face the reality of increased expenses, tough decisions needing to be made quickly around where you will live, and feeling pulled in every direction to the point you no longer have time for you.

To top this all off we seem to face a barrage of sexism from family and sometimes even friends around the choices we have made.

Creating Time For You

Part of this equation is solved by choosing the right location to live in, talked about above. However, it is also vital that you create time in every day just for you. If you are living in a state of anxiety or stress we know from scientific research that your IQ will fall within just 10 minutes impacting...

The Sexism by Family and Friends After Separation

Have you ever found yourself being questioned by family about your personal choices after separation or divorce? Criticised for not making the ‘right’ choices or being called selfish?

For anyone who has gone through a separation you very quickly are forced to face the reality of increased expenses, tough decisions needing to be made quickly around where you will live, and feeling pulled in every direction to the point you no longer have time for you.

To top this all off we seem to face a barrage of sexism from family and sometimes even friends around the choices we have made.

Where You Live

For those with children, this can be one of the toughest decisions. There is in so many of my clients in the past been this desire to continue to provide the children with a home they are used to while the husband goes off and rents a small apartment. Afterall that is the accepted social norm. By why is it that the...

The Sexism by Family and Friends After Separation

Have you ever found yourself being questioned by family about your personal choices after separation or divorce? Criticised for not making the ‘right’ choices or being called selfish?

For anyone who has gone through a separation you very quickly are forced to face the reality of increased expenses, tough decisions needing to be made quickly around where you will live, and feeling pulled in every direction to the point you no longer have time for you.

To top this all off we seem to face a barrage of sexism from family and sometimes even friends around the choices we have made.

Expenses Sky Rocket

In the immediate aftermath of a separation, there is the inevitable skyrocketing of expenses. Others may criticise you for not managing your finances, not appreciate that you have to buy furniture, need to cleanse yourself of old items with memories attached for your own mental health, or simply the...