Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce

Some relationships end, but their patterns keep living in your body long after the divorce papers are signed.

In this rerelease, we talk about the hidden patterns that you thought were love — but were really fear. The ways you chased safety, approval, and control when what you actually craved was connection. The push-pull of attachment styles, codependency, and nervous system survival strategies that kept you looping in anxiety and longing.

If you’ve ever wondered why you keep attracting the same type of partner or why you can’t stop missing someone who hurt you, this episode will help you see what was really happening beneath the surface.

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A podcast exploring the journey of life after divorce, delving into topics like divorce grief, loneliness, anxiety, manifesting, the impact of different attachment styles and codependency, setting healthy boundaries, energy healing with homeopathy, managing the nervous system during divorce depression, understanding the stages of divorce grief, and using the Law of Attraction and EMDR therapy in the process of building your confidence, forgiveness and letting go.

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For just $5 a month, you can access all thursday eps where we apply the concepts we cover on Tuesday. You will also be invited to attend monthly live workshops with Coach Tiffini and other exclusive content. Can't attend the live workshop? No problem! You'll get access to all the recordings plus handouts that help you DO the healing work you need!

Real Conversations. Real Regulation. Real Relief.

Divorced moms carry secrets no one talks about.
The things their ex did behind closed doors.
The moments with their kids they can’t admit out loud — not because they’re weak, but because protecting their children comes first.

In this premium episode of Dear Divorce Diary, we crack open the hidden stories that weigh the heaviest:

• His secrets you’ve protected — and the resentment that builds from carrying them.
• Your own secrets — the rage, the shame, the things you fear make you a “bad mom.”
• The deeper secret about secrets — why it’s rarely the story itself that keeps you stuck, but the shame welded to it.

What if true freedom isn’t about being believed… but about finding peace without anyone else’s validation?
 Let’s dig in.

If you’ve felt secretly bound to your grief, know this: you’re not broken, you’re caught in a pattern that can shift. Take the Divorce Recovery Nervous System Quiz to discover how your nervous system type feeds the loop — and get tailored practices, resources, and episodes that help you move forward with confidence.

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A podcast exploring the journey of life after divorce, delving into topics like divorce grief, loneliness, anxiety, manifesting, the impact of different attachment styles and codependency, setting healthy boundaries, energy healing with homeopathy, managing the nervous system during divorce depression, understanding the stages of divorce grief, and using the Law of Attraction and EMDR therapy in the process of building your confidence, forgiveness and letting go.

Support the show

Join Cocoon VIP - "The Room Where Support Without Guilt Happens"

For just $5 a month, you can access all thursday eps where we apply the concepts we cover on Tuesday. You will also be invited to attend monthly live workshops with Coach Tiffini and other exclusive content. Can't attend the live workshop? No problem! You'll get access to all the recordings plus handouts that help you DO the healing work you need!

Real Conversations. Real Regulation. Real Relief.

Divorced moms carry secrets no one talks about.
The things their ex did behind closed doors.
The moments with their kids they can’t admit out loud — not because they’re weak, but because protecting their children comes first.

In this premium episode of Dear Divorce Diary, we crack open the hidden stories that weigh the heaviest:

• His secrets you’ve protected — and the resentment that builds from carrying them.
• Your own secrets — the rage, the shame, the things you fear make you a “bad mom.”
• The deeper secret about secrets — why it’s rarely the story itself that keeps you stuck, but the shame welded to it.

What if true freedom isn’t about being believed… but about finding peace without anyone else’s validation?
 Let’s dig in.

If you’ve felt secretly bound to your grief, know this: you’re not broken, you’re caught in a pattern that can shift. Take the Divorce Recovery Nervous System Quiz to discover how your nervous system type feeds the loop — and get tailored practices, resources, and episodes that help you move forward with confidence.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyCoachDawn

Instagram: (@dawnwiggins)

Instagram: (@coachtiffini)

On the Web: https://www.mycoachdawn.com

A podcast exploring the journey of life after divorce, delving into topics like divorce grief, loneliness, anxiety, manifesting, the impact of different attachment styles and codependency, setting healthy boundaries, energy healing with homeopathy, managing the nervous system during divorce depression, understanding the stages of divorce grief, and using the Law of Attraction and EMDR therapy in the process of building your confidence, forgiveness and letting go.

Post Divorce Road Map : 21 Days of Journaling

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You didn’t plan on single-mom life at 40. You didn’t plan on working full-time while juggling sick kids, homework, and Tylenol runs at 2 a.m. You didn’t plan on losing the “white picket fence” identity you once posted on social media.

This week on Dear Divorce Diary, we’re getting real about what happens when your stay-at-home-mom world collapses and you have to become everything—breadwinner, nurturer, disciplinarian—overnight.

Inside this honest conversation, you’ll hear:

• Why the transition from stay-at-home to single working mom is such a shock to your nervous system
• How overcompensating for your kids (or trying to be “both parents”) leaks your energy
• Simple, free grounding tools that help you become a true safe space for your kids—and for yourself

You’ll also learn why presence—not perfection—is the thing your children (and your body) crave most, and how nervous-system regulation after divorce can completely shift the way you parent.

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A podcast exploring the journey of life after divorce, delving into topics like divorce grief, loneliness, anxiety, manifesting, the impact of different attachment styles and codependency, setting healthy boundaries, energy healing with homeopathy, managing the nervous system during divorce depression, understanding the stages of divorce grief, and using the Law of Attraction and EMDR therapy in the process of building your confidence, forgiveness and letting go.

Support the show

Join Cocoon VIP - "The Room Where Support Without Guilt Happens"

For just $5 a month, you can access all thursday eps where we apply the concepts we cover on Tuesday. You will also be invited to attend monthly live workshops with Coach Tiffini and other exclusive content. Can't attend the live workshop? No problem! You'll get access to all the recordings plus handouts that help you DO the healing work you need!

Real Conversations. Real Regulation. Real Relief.

For many women, divorce grief doesn’t just fade with time — it loops. You revisit the what-ifs, you cling to the ache, you replay the story until it feels less like healing and more like obsession. In this subscriber-only episode, we dive into why grief after divorce can feel like something you’re “married” to and what it really takes to break free.

Inside this episode:

• Why grief sometimes becomes an identity you can’t shake.
• How the looping “obsession” keeps you tethered to the pain.
• What it takes — from nervous system support to trauma-informed tools — to finally loosen grief’s grip.

If you’ve felt secretly bound to your grief, know this: you’re not broken, you’re caught in a pattern that can shift. Take the Divorce Recovery Nervous System Quiz to discover how your nervous system type feeds the loop — and get tailored practices, resources, and episodes that help you move forward with confidence.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyCoachDawn

Instagram: (@dawnwiggins)

Instagram: (@coachtiffini)

On the Web: https://www.mycoachdawn.com

A podcast exploring the journey of life after divorce, delving into topics like divorce grief, loneliness, anxiety, manifesting, the impact of different attachment styles and codependency, setting healthy boundaries, energy healing with homeopathy, managing the nervous system during divorce depression, understanding the stages of divorce grief, and using the Law of Attraction and EMDR therapy in the process of building your confidence, forgiveness and letting go.

Support the show

Join Cocoon VIP - "The Room Where Support Without Guilt Happens"

For just $5 a month, you can access all thursday eps where we apply the concepts we cover on Tuesday. You will also be invited to attend monthly live workshops with Coach Tiffini and other exclusive content. Can't attend the live workshop? No problem! You'll get access to all the recordings plus handouts that help you DO the healing work you need!

Real Conversations. Real Regulation. Real Relief.

For many women, divorce grief doesn’t just fade with time — it loops. You revisit the what-ifs, you cling to the ache, you replay the story until it feels less like healing and more like obsession. In this subscriber-only episode, we dive into why grief after divorce can feel like something you’re “married” to and what it really takes to break free.

Inside this episode:

• Why grief sometimes becomes an identity you can’t shake.
• How the looping “obsession” keeps you tethered to the pain.
• What it takes — from nervous system support to trauma-informed tools — to finally loosen grief’s grip.

If you’ve felt secretly bound to your grief, know this: you’re not broken, you’re caught in a pattern that can shift. Take the Divorce Recovery Nervous System Quiz to discover how your nervous system type feeds the loop — and get tailored practices, resources, and episodes that help you move forward with confidence.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyCoachDawn

Instagram: (@dawnwiggins)

Instagram: (@coachtiffini)

On the Web: https://www.mycoachdawn.com

A podcast exploring the journey of life after divorce, delving into topics like divorce grief, loneliness, anxiety, manifesting, the impact of different attachment styles and codependency, setting healthy boundaries, energy healing with homeopathy, managing the nervous system during divorce depression, understanding the stages of divorce grief, and using the Law of Attraction and EMDR therapy in the process of building your confidence, forgiveness and letting go.

Post Divorce Road Map : 21 Days of Journaling

Promo Code: MAGICDROP

If you’ve been swiping after divorce and it feels like all the good ones are gone—or worse, you’ll just pick another version of your ex—pause. That’s not a dating problem. It’s a healing problem.

In this episode, we’re unpacking:

• The lies we tell ourselves about “no good men”
• Lori Gerber’s 3H Method (head, heart, hoo-ha) for clarity in dating
• How breadcrumbing + settling are really nervous-system issues
• Why your body flashes red lights during dates (and what it’s really about)

Because if love still feels unsafe, your body will tell you—loud and clear.

Your body isn’t just reacting to texts, swipes, or dates—it’s showing you the deeper nervous system + hormone patterns that still need healing. If you want to understand your patterns, take the free Divorce Recovery Nervous System Type Quiz. You’ll discover the type of wiring that’s quietly running your love life, plus the hormonal layer underneath—and what to do about it.

👉 [Take the quiz here]

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyCoachDawn

Instagram: (@dawnwiggins)

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On the Web: https://www.mycoachdawn.com

A podcast exploring the journey of life after divorce, delving into topics like divorce grief, loneliness, anxiety, manifesting, the impact of different attachment styles and codependency, setting healthy boundaries, energy healing with homeopathy, managing the nervous system during divorce depression, understanding the stages of divorce grief, and using the Law of Attraction and EMDR therapy in the process of building your confidence, forgiveness and letting go.

Support the show

Join Cocoon VIP - "The Room Where Support Without Guilt Happens"

For just $5 a month, you can access all thursday eps where we apply the concepts we cover on Tuesday. You will also be invited to attend monthly live workshops with Coach Tiffini and other exclusive content. Can't attend the live workshop? No problem! You'll get access to all the recordings plus handouts that help you DO the healing work you need!

Real Conversations. Real Regulation. Real Relief.

If Tuesday’s episode on addiction and codependency stirred something inside you, this one is here to help you actually shift it.

Some episodes are for learning, and some are for recovering. This is your chance to drop in, breathe deeper, and reconnect with the part of you that’s been carrying so much.

Inside this guided somatic + IFS meditation, you’ll:

• Regulate your nervous system through breath and body release
• Meet the part of you that aches for approval or love
• Feel safer giving yourself permission to actually feel
• Start loosening the grip of codependency, one moment at a time

This is about more than insight—it’s about embodiment. So if you’re ready to let your body lead the way back to safety and healing, press play and join me.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyCoachDawn
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On the Web: https://www.mycoachdawn.com

A podcast exploring the journey of life after divorce, delving into topics like divorce grief, loneliness, anxiety, the impact of different attachment styles and codependency, setting healthy boundaries, energy healing with homeopathy, managing the nervous system during divorce depression, understanding the stages of divorce grief, and using the Law of Attraction and EMDR therapy in the process of forgiveness and letting go.

Support the show

Join Cocoon VIP - "The Room Where Support Without Guilt Happens"

For just $5 a month, you can access all thursday eps where we apply the concepts we cover on Tuesday. You will also be invited to attend monthly live workshops with Coach Tiffini and other exclusive content. Can't attend the live workshop? No problem! You'll get access to all the recordings plus handouts that help you DO the healing work you need!

Real Conversations. Real Regulation. Real Relief.

If Tuesday’s episode on addiction and codependency stirred something inside you, this one is here to help you actually shift it.

Some episodes are for learning, and some are for recovering. This is your chance to drop in, breathe deeper, and reconnect with the part of you that’s been carrying so much.

Inside this guided somatic + IFS meditation, you’ll:

• Regulate your nervous system through breath and body release
• Meet the part of you that aches for approval or love
• Feel safer giving yourself permission to actually feel
• Start loosening the grip of codependency, one moment at a time

This is about more than insight—it’s about embodiment. So if you’re ready to let your body lead the way back to safety and healing, press play and join me.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyCoachDawn
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawnwiggins/
On the Web: https://www.mycoachdawn.com

A podcast exploring the journey of life after divorce, delving into topics like divorce grief, loneliness, anxiety, the impact of different attachment styles and codependency, setting healthy boundaries, energy healing with homeopathy, managing the nervous system during divorce depression, understanding the stages of divorce grief, and using the Law of Attraction and EMDR therapy in the process of forgiveness and letting go.

Post Divorce Road Map : 21 Days of Journaling

Promo Code: MAGICDROP

Ever sworn you wouldn’t check his Instagram at 1 a.m. … and still did? Or did you tell yourself, “just one glass,” and finish the bottle? That loop isn’t just bad habits—it’s codependency as addiction.

In this episode of Dear Divorce Diary, dawn, Producer Joy, and Coach Tiffini unpack how post-divorce codependency functions like a hidden addiction—hooking you on approval, fixing, and being chosen. We’ll explore:

✨ Why shame (not loneliness) is the engine that keeps you stuck
 ✨ The breadcrumb → boundary cycle every divorced woman knows too well
 ✨ How “good girl” conditioning rewires your nervous system for addiction
 ✨ Practical ways to interrupt the dopamine-drama loop

You don’t need another glass, another scroll, or another half-love. You need a nervous system that feels safe—and that’s what we help women build every day.

👉 Ready to break the cycle? Apply now for A Different D Word, our 12-month divorce recovery program, and book your inquiry call here: Click to Apply

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyCoachDawn

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A podcast exploring the journey of life after divorce, delving into topics like divorce grief, loneliness, anxiety, manifesting, the impact of different attachment styles and codependency, setting healthy boundaries, energy healing with homeopathy, managing the nervous system during divorce depression, understanding the stages of divorce grief, and using the Law of Attraction and EMDR therapy in the process of building your confidence, forgiveness and letting go.

Support the show

Join Cocoon VIP - "The Room Where Support Without Guilt Happens"

For just $5 a month, you can access all thursday eps where we apply the concepts we cover on Tuesday. You will also be invited to attend monthly live workshops with Coach Tiffini and other exclusive content. Can't attend the live workshop? No problem! You'll get access to all the recordings plus handouts that help you DO the healing work you need!

Real Conversations. Real Regulation. Real Relief.