373. Good News and Bad News About Why You Can’t Let Go After Divorce (Pt. 1)

Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce

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Dear Divorce Diary: A Fresh Approach To Healing Grief & Building A Life Of Confidence After Divorce
373. Good News and Bad News About Why You Can’t Let Go After Divorce (Pt. 1)
Aug 25, 2026 Season 5 Episode 373
My Coach Dawn

You’re tired of healing.

You’ve listened to the podcasts. You understand your attachment style. You know about boundaries and nervous system regulation. Maybe you’ve done therapy, read the books, journaled, meditated—and you’re still wondering why you can’t just let go and move on.

Here’s the good news: letting go may not actually be the problem.

The bad news? You may be carrying a hell of a lot more than you realized—and the support you have may not be big enough for all of it.

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we’re helping you take an honest inventory of what you’re actually trying to heal after divorce: grief, betrayal, attachment wounds, identity loss, old trauma, parenting stress, loneliness, nervous system overwhelm—and all the other pieces that get lumped into “Why am I not over this yet?”

We’ll help you figure out whether you need more information or help integrating what you already know, whether you’re stable enough for deeper healing work, and whether the dose of support you have actually matches the weight of what you’re carrying.

Because maybe you don’t suck at letting go.

Maybe you’ve been trying to treat three gunshot wounds with a really cute Welly Band-Aid.

And next week in Part 2, we’ll show you how to tell whether the help you’re getting actually matches what you need.


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