After divorce, silence can feel like failure—like you’ve lost everything. But silence can also become space: to breathe, to pray, to heal. Stillness isn’t weakness; it’s the ground where strength is rebuilt.

Why it’s important:In Earned, Not Given, I share how I learned to embrace silence instead of fearing it. Parents in divorce and parental alienation often want to fight and fill the noise. But healing in the quiet is what allows you to show up stronger, calmer, and more present for your kids.

📖 Earned, Not Given is coming soon.—Rinaldo

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