Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
This isn’t a breakup pep talk. It’s a full-body recalibration for women navigating life after divorce. Dear Divorce Diary is a podcast for women dealing with grief, loneliness, anxiety, anxious or avoidant attachment, and identity loss after divorce — especially when quick fixes, positivity, and spiritual fluff no longer work.
I’m Dawn Wiggins, therapist, coach, and homeopath, and this show goes where most divorce advice won’t: into your nervous system, your unspoken grief, your buried rage, and the parts of you that shut down just to survive.
Through honest conversation, somatic tools, EMDR- and IFS-informed work, and nervous-system support, each episode helps you feel instead of perform healing — and rebuild safety, confidence, and self-trust from the inside out.
You’ll hear raw solo episodes, real voice notes from women in the trenches, and intimate conversations with experts who don’t just talk about healing — they embody it.
If you’re tired of being told to “move on” while your body is still bracing, this podcast is your place to land. Your nervous system already knows the truth — it just needs a space that can hold it.
Episodes
402 episodes
Ep. 338 - Why You Keep Choosing People Who Don’t Choose You | Divorce Patterns & Self-Worth
You don’t just “end up” in relationships where you’re not chosen.You were trained for them.In this VIP episode of Dear Divorce Diary, we unpack the deeply rooted pattern of waiting to be chosen—and why it doesn’t star...
338 - Why You Keep Choosing People Who Don’t Choose You | Divorce Patterns & Self-Worth
You don’t just “end up” in relationships where you’re not chosen.You were trained for them.In this VIP episode of Dear Divorce Diary, we unpack the deeply rooted pattern of waiting to be chosen—and why it doesn’t star...
You Were Finally Feeling Better… So Why Does It Feel Like Hell Again? | Divorce Healing
You were finally starting to feel better…The anxiety wasn’t constant.The grief wasn’t consuming every moment.You even had flashes of feeling like yourself again.And then—out of nowhere—You’re right back in it.
Ep. 336 You Thought Divorce Was the Hard Part… But Self-Doubt Is What’s Keeping You Stuck
You made it through the divorce.The papers were signed.The hardest conversations happened.You survived the part everyone warned you about.So why do you still feel… stuck?In this Thursday premium panel rant,...
336 - You Thought Divorce Was the Hard Part… But Self-Doubt Is What’s Keeping You Stuck
You made it through the divorce.The papers were signed.The hardest conversations happened.You survived the part everyone warned you about.So why do you still feel… stuck?In this Thursday premium panel rant,...
335. Why Can’t I Let Him Go? …It’s Not What You Think | Divorce Identity & Grief
You thought you were past this.You had more good days.You weren’t thinking about him as much.You finally felt like maybe… you were moving forward.And then out of nowhere—the heaviness comes back.You’re thinking ...
Ep. 334 Your Body Says Stop…But Divorce Deadlines Won’t Wait: Nervous System Relief When You Want to Collapse
Moment 2,374 in divorce no one prepares you for...You’re sitting there—staring at the email, the paperwork, the numbers—and your whole body says:I can’t do this.Your chest tightens.Your stomach drops.Every ...
334. Your Body Says Stop…But Divorce Deadlines Won’t Wait: Nervous System Relief When You Want to Collapse
Moment 2,374 in divorce no one prepares you for...You’re sitting there—staring at the email, the paperwork, the numbers—and your whole body says:I can’t do this.Your chest tightens.Your stomach drops.Every ...
333. Is It Regret… or Divorce Grief? Why Leaving a Marriage Can Feel Like a Mistake
There’s a moment after leaving a marriage that is hard to prepare for...It’s quiet. Disorienting. And often filled with a question that feels impossible to answer:“Did I just make a mistake?”In this episode, I’m join...
332. Beautiful Badass Mode Activated: Step Into Your Power & Own Today
Good morning, you beautiful badass!Beautiful Badass Mode: Activated.This Thursday Premium EP is your quick 3-minute power shot to flip the switch and step fully into your power.You are the most powerful woman — full stop. A...
331. “You're Not Crazy": Why Your Body Feels Off After Divorce (Even When Labs Say You're Fine)
Your labs are “fine.”But your body feels anything but.If you’ve been feeling exhausted, foggy, inflamed, or just… not like yourself after divorce—this episode is going to land in a very real way.Because what you’re expe...
Ep. 330 Behind the Mic: The Parts of Post-Divorce Sex & Desire We Usually Hide
This Behind the Mic episode goes deeper than Tuesday’s conversation ever could.Once the public recording stopped, the three of us got brutally honest about the parts of post-divorce sex and desire that most women feel too ashamed, confus...
330. Behind the Mic: The Parts of Post-Divorce Sex & Desire We Usually Hide
This Behind the Mic episode goes deeper than Tuesday’s conversation ever could.Once the public recording stopped, the three of us got brutally honest about the parts of post-divorce sex and desire that most women feel too ashamed, confus...
329. Divorce Grief & Loneliness: That “I Just Want to Feel Wanted” Feeling
There’s a kind of loneliness after divorce that no one really prepares you for.Not just emotional loneliness…but physical loneliness.The absence of touch.The absence of affection.The absence of being desired.And...
328. Divorce Anxiety: When You Can’t See Your Future, Do This
There’s a moment after divorce that almost no one prepares you for.Not the chaos.Not the legal process.Not even the grief.But the moment when everything finally gets quiet…and you realize:“I have no idea what...
Ep. 328 Divorce Anxiety: When You Can’t See Your Future, Do This
There’s a moment after divorce that almost no one prepares you for.Not the chaos.Not the legal process.Not even the grief.But the moment when everything finally gets quiet…and you realize:“I have no idea what...
327. Divorce, Litigation, and the Nervous System: Why You Feel Like You’re Falling Apart
Divorce isn’t just emotional.It’s legal.It’s procedural.And for many women… It’s where everything starts to feel like it’s unraveling.In this episode of Dear Divorce Diary, we’re talking about something that doesn’t ...
326. Why So Many Divorced Women Don’t Trust Their Own Intuition
Many divorced women quietly carry the same fear:“What if I can’t trust my own judgment?”After a relationship ends, it’s common to question everything — your choices, your instincts, even your ability to recognize what’s hea...
Ep. 326 - Why So Many Divorced Women Don’t Trust Their Own Intuition
Many divorced women quietly carry the same fear:“What if I can’t trust my own judgment?”After a relationship ends, it’s common to question everything — your choices, your instincts, even your ability to recognize what’s hea...
325. Divorce and the Death of the Future: Grieving What Was Supposed to Be
Divorce grief isn’t always about the person.Sometimes it’s about the future you thought was guaranteed.In this episode, Dawn, Producer Joy, and Coach Tiffini unpack one of the most disorienting parts of divorce recovery: grieving ...
Ep. 324 - The 10 Women Living Inside Your Divorce - Which One Are You?
Divorce doesn’t create just one version of you.It creates many.One moment you’re grieving.The next you’re furious.Then suddenly you’re nostalgic for a relationship that hurt you.Then you’re trying to pull yourself toge...
324. The 10 Women Living Inside Your Divorce - Which One Are You?
Divorce doesn’t create just one version of you.It creates many.One moment you’re grieving.The next you’re furious.Then suddenly you’re nostalgic for a relationship that hurt you.Then you’re trying to pull yourself toge...
323. There Is No Meal Train for Divorce Grief: Grieving Someone Who’s Still Alive
When someone dies, there’s a script.When you get divorced, there isn’t.No ritual.No defined role.No socially approved space to grieve someone who is still alive.In this episode, we unpack why divorce grief is neurologi...
Ep. 322 - They Only Hear Me When I’m Angry: Codependency, Suppressed Rage & Healthy Conflict After Divorce
Hi love.Have you ever felt like no one listens…until you lose it?You ask calmly.You explain clearly.You regulate yourself.And nothing changes.But the moment you explode? Suddenly, everyone’s paying attention....
322. They Only Hear Me When I’m Angry: Codependency, Suppressed Rage & Healthy Conflict After Divorce
Hi love.Have you ever felt like no one listens…until you lose it?You ask calmly.You explain clearly.You regulate yourself.And nothing changes.But the moment you explode? Suddenly, everyone’s paying attention....