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.
Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
EP. 240 - Dissociation Explained: Signs, Survival Modes, & the Path to Reconnection from Trauma After Divorce
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Hey love, quick question—
Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, "Where did I go?"
Like you're watching your life from the outside, floating through the motions, showing up for everyone else while quietly disappearing from yourself?
If that hit a nerve, I need you to hear this:
You’re not broken. You’re likely dissociating.
And it’s way more common than we talk about—especially after divorce.
In this premium episode of Dear Divorce Diary, I’m breaking down what dissociation really is—not just “spacing out” but a full-on nervous system response to pain, overwhelm, and trauma.
We’ll talk about the subtle signs you might be missing, why your brain had to do it to protect you, and how it’s possibly affecting your ability to heal, trust again, or even feel safe in your own skin.
I’ll also walk you through a soothing, guided reflection—designed to help you gently come home to yourself.
This is the kind of episode that hits deep and starts real change.
It’s raw, comforting, and it’s available now exclusively for our premium subscribers.
So if you’re ready to stop feeling like a stranger in your own life and start reconnecting with the woman you’re becoming—
Tap the link in the show notes, subscribe to premium, and I’ll meet you inside Episode 240.
You deserve this kind of healing.
I’ll see you there. 💛
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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.
Podcast Introduction & Welcome
Speaker 1Hi, love, welcome to Dear Divorce Diary, the podcast helping divorcees go beyond talk therapy to process your grief, find the healing you crave and build back your confidence. I'm your host, dawn Wiggins, a therapist, coach, integrative healer and divorcee. Join me for a fresh approach to healing grief and building your confidence after divorce. Hey, love, quick question have you ever looked in the mirror and thought where did I go? Like you're watching your life from the outside, floating through the motions, showing up for everyone else while quietly disappearing yourself. If that hit a nerve, I need you to hear this. You are not broken. You're likely disassociating, and it's way more common than we talk about in the world, especially after divorce.
Understanding Dissociation After Divorce
Episode Preview & Premium Offer
Speaker 1In this premium episode of Dear Divorce Diary, I am breaking down what dissociation really is not just spacing out, but a full-on nervous system response to pain, overwhelm and trauma. We talk about the subtle signs you might be missing, why your brain had to do it to protect you and how it's possibly affecting your ability to heal, trust again or even feel safe in your own skin. I'm also going to walk you through a soothing guide of reflection which is designed to help you gently come home to yourself. This is the kind of episode that hits deep and starts real change. It's raw, it's comforting and it's available now exclusively for our premium subscribers. So if you're ready to stop feeling like a stranger in your own life and start reconnecting with the woman you're becoming, tap the link in the show notes, subscribe to Premium and I'll meet you inside episode 240. You deserve this kind of healing and I'll see you there. Peace, dear. Divorce Diary is a podcast by MyCoachDawn. You can find more at MyCoachDawncom.
