Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce | Post Divorce Life

<p>In this bonus coaching episode, Deborah expands on key insights from her conversation with Karen and explores how the stories we carry—often shaped by divorce, illness, trauma, and people-pleasing—can quietly keep us stuck.</p><p>This episode focuses on awareness, breath, and gentle mindset shifts that help women reconnect with themselves and begin rewriting limiting beliefs such as <em>“it’s too late,” “I can’t,”</em> or <em>“I should be further along.”</em> Deborah offers a grounding reflection and simple coaching prompts to support clarity, emotional freedom, and confidence in this next chapter.</p><p><br></p><p>This bonus is especially supportive for women navigating life after divorce, major life transitions, burnout, or periods of self-doubt.</p><p><br></p><p>You’re not broken—and you’re not starting over. You’re starting from wisdom.</p><p><br></p><p>💬 <strong>Enjoyed this episode of <em>Bent Not Broken: Life After Divorce</em> with Deborah Griffiths?</strong></p><p>Don’t forget to <strong>rate, review, and subscribe</strong> on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bent-not-broken-starting-over-after-divorce/id1840019186" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts </a> and <a href="https://spotify.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a> so more people searching for <em>life after divorce, divorce recovery, co-parenting, dating after divorce, and healing from gaslighting</em> can discover this empowering podcast. Every review helps others find hope, inspiration, and practical tools for thriving after divorce.</p><p><br></p><p>🌐 <strong>Explore more resources</strong>: Visit <a href="https://brokentoboldness.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BrokenToBoldness.com</a></p><p> for coaching, workshops, and guidance on divorce recovery and life transitions.</p><p><br></p><p>📲 <strong>Follow Deborah Griffiths for daily empowerment and support:</strong></p><ul><li>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/brokentoboldness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BrokenToBoldness</a></li><li>Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/brokentoboldness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broken to Boldness</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-griffiths/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broken to Boldness</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>✨ Remember: divorce may bend you, but it does not break you. You are stronger than you think, and your bold new chapter starts now. ✨</p>

<p>In this episode, I’m joined by <strong>Karen Theimer</strong>, a Freedom Coach, Breathwork Facilitator, and wellness expert with nearly 20 years of experience helping women reclaim their confidence and sense of self.</p><p><br></p><p>Karen shares her journey through divorce, a cancer diagnosis, burnout, and feeling stuck—and how those wake-up calls led her to healing through breathwork, mindset shifts, and holistic wellness. We explore confidence after 50, letting go of guilt and people-pleasing, regulating the nervous system, and why it’s never too late to start over.</p><p>If you’re navigating life after divorce, struggling with self-worth, or craving clarity and freedom in your next chapter, this conversation offers practical tools and powerful perspective.</p><p><br></p><h3>Connect with Karen</h3><p>🌐 <strong>www.karentheimer.com</strong></p><p><br></p><p>💬 <strong>Enjoyed this episode of <em>Bent Not Broken: Life After Divorce</em> with Deborah Griffiths?</strong></p><p>Don’t forget to <strong>rate, review, and subscribe</strong> on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bent-not-broken-starting-over-after-divorce/id1840019186" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts </a> and <a href="https://spotify.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a> so more people searching for <em>life after divorce, divorce recovery, co-parenting, dating after divorce, and healing from gaslighting</em> can discover this empowering podcast. Every review helps others find hope, inspiration, and practical tools for thriving after divorce.</p><p><br></p><p>🌐 <strong>Explore more resources</strong>: Visit <a href="https://brokentoboldness.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BrokenToBoldness.com</a></p><p> for coaching, workshops, and guidance on divorce recovery and life transitions.</p><p><br></p><p>📲 <strong>Follow Deborah Griffiths for daily empowerment and support:</strong></p><ul><li>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/brokentoboldness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BrokenToBoldness</a></li><li>Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/brokentoboldness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broken to Boldness</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-griffiths/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broken to Boldness</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>✨ Remember: divorce may bend you, but it does not break you. You are stronger than you think, and your bold new chapter starts now. ✨</p>

<p>In this bonus episode of <strong>Bent Not Broken</strong>, Deborah offers grounded coaching for anyone navigating high-conflict divorce, legal abuse, or parental alienation.</p><p><br></p><p>Building on the conversation with Lisa Johnson, this episode explains why high-conflict divorce is not “normal” divorce and how trauma responses, self-doubt, and exhaustion often show up during custody and court battles. Deborah shares practical insights on regaining strategic oversight of your case, working with an attorney without giving away your power, and protecting your mental health.</p><p><br></p><p>You’ll also learn how emotional regulation helps safeguard your children, why correcting the record isn’t always the safest move, and how staying grounded creates long-term stability—especially when manipulation or alienation is present.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode is a reminder that feeling worn down doesn’t mean you’re losing. With clarity, boundaries, and support, healing and hope are still possible.</p><p><br></p><p>💬 <strong>Enjoyed this episode of <em>Bent Not Broken: Life After Divorce</em> with Deborah Griffiths?</strong></p><p>Don’t forget to <strong>rate, review, and subscribe</strong> on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bent-not-broken-starting-over-after-divorce/id1840019186" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts </a> and <a href="https://spotify.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a> so more people searching for <em>life after divorce, divorce recovery, co-parenting, dating after divorce, and healing from gaslighting</em> can discover this empowering podcast. Every review helps others find hope, inspiration, and practical tools for thriving after divorce.</p><p><br></p><p>🌐 <strong>Explore more resources</strong>: Visit <a href="https://brokentoboldness.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BrokenToBoldness.com</a></p><p> for coaching, workshops, and guidance on divorce recovery and life transitions.</p><p><br></p><p>📲 <strong>Follow Deborah Griffiths for daily empowerment and support:</strong></p><ul><li>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/brokentoboldness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BrokenToBoldness</a></li><li>Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/brokentoboldness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broken to Boldness</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-griffiths/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broken to Boldness</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>✨ Remember: divorce may bend you, but it does not break you. You are stronger than you think, and your bold new chapter starts now. ✨</p>

<p>In this episode of <strong>Bent Not Broken</strong>, Deborah speaks with <strong>Lisa Johnson</strong>, co-founder of <strong>Been There, Got Out</strong> and a leading voice on high-conflict divorce and legal abuse.</p><p><br></p><p>Lisa shares insights from lived experience and landmark legal work—her self-represented case, published in the <strong>Connecticut Law Journal</strong>, is now legal precedent, and her testimony helped expand domestic violence laws to include <strong>coercive control</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>Together, they unpack red flags of high-conflict divorce, financial abuse and hidden assets, choosing the right divorce attorney, post-separation legal abuse, and how to protect children from parental alienation. This episode offers clarity, validation, and hope for anyone navigating custody battles or an impossible ex.</p><p><br></p><h3>Resources:</h3><ul><li><strong>Been There, Got Out: Toxic Relationships, High-Conflict Divorce, and Staying Sane Under Insane Circumstances</strong></li><li><em>When Your Ex Turns the Kids Against You</em> (March 2026)</li><li><em>Splitting</em> by <strong>Bill Eddy</strong> (High Conflict Institute)</li><li>DV Leap</li><li><br></li></ul><h3>Connect:</h3><p>beentheregotout.com | Instagram: @beentheregotout | Podcast/YouTube: <em>Been There, Got Out</em></p><p><br></p><p>💬 <strong>Enjoyed this episode of <em>Bent Not Broken: Life After Divorce</em> with Deborah Griffiths?</strong></p><p>Don’t forget to <strong>rate, review, and subscribe</strong> on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bent-not-broken-starting-over-after-divorce/id1840019186" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts </a> and <a href="https://spotify.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a> so more people searching for <em>life after divorce, divorce recovery, co-parenting, dating after divorce, and healing from gaslighting</em> can discover this empowering podcast. Every review helps others find hope, inspiration, and practical tools for thriving after divorce.</p><p><br></p><p>🌐 <strong>Explore more resources</strong>: Visit <a href="https://brokentoboldness.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BrokenToBoldness.com</a></p><p> for coaching, workshops, and guidance on divorce recovery and life transitions.</p><p><br></p><p>📲 <strong>Follow Deborah Griffiths for daily empowerment and support:</strong></p><ul><li>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/brokentoboldness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BrokenToBoldness</a></li><li>Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/brokentoboldness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broken to Boldness</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-griffiths/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broken to Boldness</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>✨ Remember: divorce may bend you, but it does not break you. You are stronger than you think, and your bold new chapter starts now. ✨</p>

<p>In this <em>Bent Not Broken</em> bonus episode, Coach Deborah goes deeper into the themes sparked by her conversation with <strong>Kira Hartley Klinger</strong>—exploring what really happens when your voice has been silenced for years and how self-trust is rebuilt after toxic relationships.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode is for anyone who resonated with Kira’s story of emotional shutdown, self-silencing, and learning to “keep the peace” at the expense of their identity. We unpack why losing your voice is often a survival strategy, not a personal failure—and why that moment when you say <em>“I can’t do this anymore”</em> is not weakness, but wisdom.</p><p><br></p><p>You’ll hear reflections on:</p><ul><li>How silence slowly becomes a coping mechanism</li><li>The emotional cost of “keeping the peace”</li><li>Why one honest boundary can change everything</li><li>How confidence is rebuilt through action, not perfection</li><li>The role of safe community in healing and growth</li><li>What to remember if you’re still in the fog and questioning your worth</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This bonus episode is a space to pause, reflect, and integrate—reminding you that your voice isn’t gone, it’s waiting. You don’t have to rebuild your entire life today. You just have to take one honest step toward yourself.</p><p><br></p><p>✨ If you’re navigating divorce, emotional abuse recovery, or a major life transition, this episode offers grounded encouragement and perspective as you continue rewriting your next chapter.</p><p><br></p><p>💬 <strong>Enjoyed this episode of <em>Bent Not Broken: Life After Divorce</em> with Deborah Griffiths?</strong></p><p>Don’t forget to <strong>rate, review, and subscribe</strong> on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bent-not-broken-starting-over-after-divorce/id1840019186" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts </a> and <a href="https://spotify.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a> so more people searching for <em>life after divorce, divorce recovery, co-parenting, dating after divorce, and healing from gaslighting</em> can discover this empowering podcast. Every review helps others find hope, inspiration, and practical tools for thriving after divorce.</p><p><br></p><p>🌐 <strong>Explore more resources</strong>: Visit <a href="https://brokentoboldness.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BrokenToBoldness.com</a></p><p> for coaching, workshops, and guidance on divorce recovery and life transitions.</p><p><br></p><p>📲 <strong>Follow Deborah Griffiths for daily empowerment and support:</strong></p><ul><li>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/brokentoboldness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BrokenToBoldness</a></li><li>Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/brokentoboldness" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broken to Boldness</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-griffiths/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broken to Boldness</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>✨ Remember: divorce may bend you, but it does not break you. You are stronger than you think, and your bold new chapter starts now. ✨</p>