Thriving After Divorce

Listening (and Learning from) Our Painful Emotions Through Divorce

Listening (and Learning from) Our Painful Emotions Through Divorce

By Geri Kerr / December 5, 2025 / Comments Off on Listening (and Learning from) Our Painful Emotions Through Divorce

In 1995, Daniel Goleman’s NY Times Bestseller book “Emotional Intelligence” broke new ground. Raising our awareness about the many ways to nurture and strengthen our emotional intelligence, the book and the topic provide a lot of food for thought.    That said, it still seems to me that as a culture and as people, we…

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Ministry for Separated and Divorced

Ministry for Separated and Divorced

By Geri Kerr / October 5, 2025 / Comments Off on Ministry for Separated and Divorced

No one ever expects to get separated or divorced when they get married.  Especially if you were married as a Catholic or as a Christian in church, you took that extra step as a way of solidifying your marriage in the eyes of God and the larger Christian community.     You took the solemn vow…

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Opening Ourselves Up To New Life Through Separation And Divorce

By Geri Kerr / September 27, 2025 /

In my clinical practice, I often work with people whose parents got divorced when they were children.  I hear many different stories about what it was like to be a kid growing up in a home with two people they loved, who were often at great odds with each other.  The arguing was often a…

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Five Steps Toward Midlife Divorce Recovery

By Geri Kerr / June 10, 2025 /

Divorce is a multi-layered process that is ranked at the top of the list of stressful life events.  Although divorce is a frequently practiced, socially acceptable event, there are some specific steps toward midlife divorce recovery that are important for you to be aware of as you begin your journey toward healing.  Step # 1…

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The Gift Of Prayer

By Geri Kerr / May 24, 2025 /

“Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, what God has ready for those who love Him” 1 Corinthians 2: 6-10 Prayer is a relationship with God.  It is down to earth conversation with God as if God were sitting right next to us listening, caring, and speaking to us just the way a friend…

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