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
444 episodes
Ep. 366 - Why Can't I Hear What I Really Need After Divorce? (A Guided Journaling Exercise)
Learn more about A Different D Word and apply here ✨Have you ever asked yourself what you really need... and drawn a complete blank?After divorce, many wom...
366 - Why Can't I Hear What I Really Need After Divorce? (A Guided Journaling Exercise)
Learn more about A Different D Word and apply here ✨Have you ever asked yourself what you really need... and drawn a complete blank?After divorce, many wom...
365. Why You Can't Trust That Everything Will Be Okay After Divorce (Yet)
A Different D Word apply here ✨You keep telling yourself that everything is going to be okay...So why doesn't your body believe you?If you've read the boo...
364. One Day, This Could Be You | What Building Secure Attachment Actually Feels Like
Secure attachment isn't a feeling you suddenly arrive at.It's something you build.It's discovering that you can be overwhelmed, uncertain, emotional, imperfect... and still let yourself lean on other people.In this week's A...
364. One Day, This Could Be You | What Building Secure Attachment Actually Feels Like
Secure attachment isn't a feeling you suddenly arrive at.It's something you build.It's discovering that you can be overwhelmed, uncertain, emotional, imperfect... and still let yourself lean on other people.In this week's A...
363. Dear Divorce Diary... I Said Yes Again - Even Though I Promised Myself I'd Say No
Have you ever heard yourself say "Sure!"... while every part of you was screaming "Absolutely not."You promised yourself you wouldn't text him.You wouldn't overcommit.You wouldn't rescue everyone.You wouldn't ha...
362. Why Does Everything Good for Me Feel Like a Chore After Divorce?
You know the things that would probably help.The walk.The boundary.The therapy session.The earlier bedtime.The journal sitting untouched on your nightstand.So why does it feel so hard to actually do them?If ...
Ep. 362 Why Does Everything Good for Me Feel Like a Chore After Divorce?
You know the things that would probably help.The walk.The boundary.The therapy session.The earlier bedtime.The journal sitting untouched on your nightstand.So why does it feel so hard to actually do them?If ...
361. Three Core Ingredients of Letting Go, Moving On & Manifesting a Life You Love After Divorce
You thought healing would mean feeling better by now.Maybe you've been to therapy. Read the books. Listened to the podcasts. Journaled your heart out. Maybe you've done everything you're "supposed" to do after divorce and you're still wo...
360. The Deep Rest Your Divorce Recovery Needs | Retreat Yoga Nidra
What if the most healing thing you could do today wasn't another journal prompt, podcast episode, or breakthrough conversation?What if it was rest?In this special Dear Divorce Diary VIP episode, we're sharing one of the most reque...
Ep. 360 - The Deep Rest Your Divorce Recovery Needs | Retreat Yoga Nidra
What if the most healing thing you could do today wasn't another journal prompt, podcast episode, or breakthrough conversation?What if it was rest?In this special Dear Divorce Diary VIP episode, we're sharing one of the most reque...
359. Why Is Letting Go After Divorce So Hard When He Acts Like None of It Happened?
Have you ever looked at your ex and thought:"How are you okay?"How are you dating?How are you posting vacation photos?How are you laughing with friends?How are you acting like our entire marriage didn...
358. What If I Don't Fit In After Divorce?
You almost don't go.The workshop.The support group.The retreat.The community event.The coffee date.The thing you secretly want to say yes to.Because what if it's awkward?What if everyone already knows ea...
358. What If I Don't Fit In After Divorce?
You almost don't go.The workshop.The support group.The retreat.The community event.The coffee date.The thing you secretly want to say yes to.Because what if it's awkward?What if everyone already knows ea...
357. Why Does Scrolling Dating Apps After Divorce Sound Like a Better Idea Than Going to Bed?
It's late.You're tired.You know you should put your phone down and go to sleep.Instead, you're opening Bumble. Or Hinge. Or Facebook Dating. Just to "see who's out there."Again.If you've ever found yourself sc...
356. What Do I Do With Everything I Never Got to Say After Divorce?
There are things you never got to say.The words you swallowed to keep the peace.The questions that never got answered.The anger you weren't allowed to express.The grief that still catches in your throat.Maybe it's your...
Ep. 356 What Do I Do With Everything I Never Got to Say After Divorce?
There are things you never got to say.The words you swallowed to keep the peace.The questions that never got answered.The anger you weren't allowed to express.The grief that still catches in your throat.Maybe it's your...
355. Why Do I Feel So Out of Control Around Food & Weight Since Divorce?
Maybe you're eating more.Maybe you're eating less.Maybe you're thinking about food all the time.Maybe you've gained weight, lost weight, or feel like your body doesn't respond the way it used to.And maybe you're wond...
354. Why Do I Feel Responsible for Everyone Else's Happiness After Divorce?
This week, we're taking you behind the scenes and into the very real family dynamics we're navigating in our own lives right now.Because healing doesn't magically make difficult people easy.It doesn't erase guilt.It doesn't el...
354. Why Do I Feel Responsible for Everyone Else's Happiness After Divorce?
This week, we're taking you behind the scenes and into the very real family dynamics we're navigating in our own lives right now.Because healing doesn't magically make difficult people easy.It doesn't erase guilt.It doesn't el...
353. Why Do I Need Wine to Turn My Brain Off After Divorce?
You finally have a quiet night.The kids are gone.The house is calm.Nobody needs anything from you.So why can't you relax?Why does your mind keep racing?Why does the silence feel uncomfortable?And why does th...
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...