The Divorce Coach – Annie O’Neill

As your Divorce Coach I will help you to:

Decide what you want
Investigate your options
View things objectively
Overcome problems
Renew your confidence
Consider what actions to take
Explore new possibilities
Discover a new, more exciting and rewarding life

As your Divorce Coach I will be dedicated to helping you to reinvent your life after your divorce. I will never judge you or criticise you but will support you in unlocking your potential and taking action to make your life more fulfilling.

“It’s never too late to be what you might have been” – George Elliot

What is Divorce Coaching?

Being alone after being in a marriage is scary and rediscovering yourself after a divorce can be the last thing on your mind but until you have done this it is difficult to move on.

Going through a divorce is traumatic and rebuilding your life afterwards is a major change. Some of the common changes are where you live, relationships with joint friends or in-laws, rebuilding a social life, going back to work, living away from your children, your emotions – will you ever love again, trust someone again?

Most people (whether they have instigated the divorce or not) feel confused or angry after the break up of a long-term relationship. If you find yourself alone (with or without children) after years of being one half of a partnership then you may find that you have some daunting decisions to make and a journey of self-discovery to undertake.

Coaching can help you to rediscover yourself and give you the tools to move on. Coaching helps to develop and empower you to take action to live the life you deserve.

As your Divorce Coach I will encourage you to think positively and let go of any negative feelings you have towards your ex. Dwelling on regrets or bitterness will not help you to move forward and I will help you to acknowledge those feelings and learn from your past experiences without dwelling on them.

Divorcing women 'more likely than ever' to hire private investigators

NEW! HALF OF DIVORCING couples in Briton use a private investigator to check up on their partners – with wives the most suspicious, says new research. A new study published today found that 49 per cent of couples used an investigator in 2006 – more than double the figure the year before, when just 18 per cent used them. The survey of the country's leading family lawyers found that the majority of checks, 61 per cent, were carried out by women on their husbands. 'For the fourth year running our survey has shown that extra-marital affairs is the primary reason cited for the break down of marriages in the UK,' said Andrea McLaren, from the financial advisers Grant Thornton, whose forensic and investigation services practice carried out the research. 'As this figure continues to rise, it is little wonder that the number of individuals using private investigators continues to rise. Women appear to be using investigation specialists at a far higher rate than their male counterparts.' The survey, which assessed marriage trends and canvassed the opinions of family lawyers, found nearly one third of divorces were due to an extra-marital affair – mostly by husbands. Behaviour was cited as the reason for the break-up in 17 per cent of cases, followed by family strain and conflicts on personal decisions such as having a child. Just 4 per cent cited emotional or physical abuse. (23 April 2007)


Taken from Marie Claire magazine - online