New Year ✨ and a life in transition 🙃

It’s a New Year, and if you’re reading this, you might be on the divorce journey. Or perhaps you’re an ally to someone who is. As I’ve written about before, I don’t follow New Year’s resolutions in the traditional sense, but I do believe the calendar page turn can be a good push to do something powerful in our lives.

So… how are you doing?

Wherever you are in this process, it’s OK to feel a ridiculous amount of mixed emotions. When I was going through my divorce, I was buoyed by finding or renewing some creativity for myself. I goofed around with watercolor painting, reconnected with old friends, tried swing-dancing.

“It is essential to do things that bring back a sense of self-worth,” says renowned mental health expert Esther Perel, “to surround oneself with love and with friends and activities that give back joy and meaning and identity.”

I hope you are able to find that for yourself, in this New Year, in this time of transition.

Warmly,

Sarah 🖖

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🎨 by Rolinda Sharples, "Self-Portrait with Mother," 1814. Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, UK