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
423 episodes
Ep. 352. Divorce Recovery Isn't Just Healing or Understanding. It's Learning to Surrender.
You've done the therapy.Listened to the podcasts.Read the books.So why are you still hurting?In this special episode, Dawn shares why understanding alone isn't always enough to create change—and why true healing sometimes ...
352. Divorce Recovery Isn't Just Healing or Understanding. It's Learning to Surrender.
You've done the therapy.Listened to the podcasts.Read the books.So why are you still hurting?In this special episode, Dawn shares why understanding alone isn't always enough to create change—and why true healing sometimes ...
351. Why Did I Text Him Back? Divorce, Self-Abandonment & The Pain I Couldn't Sit With
You told yourself you weren't going to text him.You meant it.Then your phone buzzed... or the loneliness got louder... or the pressure inside became impossible to ignore.And before you knew it, you hit send.In this e...
Ep. 350 - I Know the Divorce Was Necessary... So Why Do I Still Feel Guilty? | Guided Meditation
Divorce guilt has a way of showing up long after the paperwork is signed.Maybe you feel guilty about ending the marriage.Maybe you feel guilty for staying too long.Maybe you feel guilty for being angry, setting boundaries, disapp...
350. I Know the Divorce Was Necessary... So Why Do I Still Feel Guilty? | Guided Meditation
Divorce guilt has a way of showing up long after the paperwork is signed.Maybe you feel guilty about ending the marriage.Maybe you feel guilty for staying too long.Maybe you feel guilty for being angry, setting boundaries, disapp...
349. Why You've Done So Much Healing... But Still Feel Stuck in the Same Divorce Patterns
You've read the books.You've listened to the podcasts.You've been to therapy.You know your attachment style, your triggers, your patterns, and exactly why you do what you do.So why do you still find yourself reacting...
348. The Loneliness Divorce Creates | A Guided Healing Meditation
Divorce loneliness is different.It’s not just missing a person.It’s missing the rhythm your body got used to.The future you thought you were building.The version of you that existed before survival mode took over.And s...
Ep. 348. The Loneliness Divorce Creates | A Guided Healing Meditation
Divorce loneliness is different.It’s not just missing a person.It’s missing the rhythm your body got used to.The future you thought you were building.The version of you that existed before survival mode took over.And s...
347. - Why Do Smart Divorced Women Keep Doing Things That Make Them Feel Worse?
You know what would help.The walk.The boundary.Going to bed earlier.Not texting him back.Turning off the phone.Booking the therapy session.Saying no.Asking for support.So why does it still feel so hard ...
EP. 346 - Marriage Taught You to Ignore Your Needs | What Self-Care Actually Looks Like After Divorce
“Self-care” sounds cute… until life gets hard.Because what does self-care actually look like when:your child needs you,your nervous system is fried,the house is a mess,grief is still grief-ing,your to-do lis...
346. Marriage Taught You to Ignore Your Needs | What Self-Care Actually Looks Like After Divorce
“Self-care” sounds cute… until life gets hard.Because what does self-care actually look like when:your child needs you,your nervous system is fried,the house is a mess,grief is still grief-ing,your to-do lis...
345. The Divorced Woman’s Guide to Questioning Everything | Divorce, Healing & the Systems We Were Taught to Trust
Divorce has a way of cracking open more than just your relationship.It can make you question everything.The marriage you believed in.The coping strategies that used to work.The advice you’ve been given.Even the healing...
Ep. 344. Divorce & Kids: The Nervous System Toolkit We Wish We Had Sooner
Divorce doesn’t just break hearts.It impacts nervous systems.And when your child is struggling after separation or divorce… most parents are left asking:What do I actually DO?In this Cocoon VIP episode of Dea...
344. Divorce & Kids: The Nervous System Toolkit We Wish We Had Sooner
Divorce doesn’t just break hearts.It impacts nervous systems.And when your child is struggling after separation or divorce… most parents are left asking:What do I actually DO?In this Cocoon VIP episode of Dea...
343. The Divorce Parenting Mistakes Even Loving Moms Make… And What Kids Actually Need
Divorce can make moms do some wild things in the name of love.Overprotect.Overcompensate.Buy more.Say yes when we mean no.Try to fix every feeling.Avoid our child’s pain because it activates our own guilt.<...
Ep. 342 - I Keep Abandoning Myself When I Hurt | A Sleep Meditation for Divorce Anxiety & Heartbreak
If you’ve been trying to hold it all together while quietly falling apart inside…this episode is for you.Because sometimes after divorce, the hardest part isn’t the heartbreak itself.It’s realizing how quickly you leave yourse...
342. I Keep Abandoning Myself When I Hurt | A Sleep Meditation for Divorce Anxiety & Heartbreak
If you’ve been trying to hold it all together while quietly falling apart inside…this episode is for you.Because sometimes after divorce, the hardest part isn’t the heartbreak itself.It’s realizing how quickly you leave yourse...
341. Still Angry at Your Ex? It’s Not About Him Anymore | Divorce & Resentment
If you’re still angry at your ex… this episode is going to challenge the way you see it.Because what if the resentment you feel isn’t really about him anymore?In this episode of Dear Divorce Diary, we unpack why anger can...
Ep. 340 Your Ex Moved On… And Your Body Took It Personally | Divorce Triggers & Nervous System Healing
You see your ex move on.A new relationship.A happy photo.Someone casually mentions they seem “so good.”And suddenly your body reacts.Tight chest.Racing thoughts.Shame.Anger.What familiar spiral of:
340. Your Ex Moved On… And Your Body Took It Personally | Divorce Triggers & Nervous System Healing
You see your ex move on.A new relationship.A happy photo.Someone casually mentions they seem “so good.”And suddenly your body reacts.Tight chest.Racing thoughts.Shame.Anger.That familiar spiral of:
339. Why Your Ex Moving On Makes You Question Your Worth | Divorce Healing
You see the photo.The new relationship.The vacation.The smile that looks a little too easy.And suddenly, your entire body reacts.Not because you want them back.But because it feels like proof.Proof that they...
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,...