313. Divorce, Faith, and the Cost of Marrying an Under-Functioning Man

After divorce, women are often told to “step into their masculine energy” — be strong, decisive, productive, self-sufficient.

But what if you’re not choosing strength at all?

What if your body simply doesn’t expect help to arrive? And, do you know what to do about this?

In this episode of Dear Divorce Diary, we talk about why so many women feel stuck in over-functioning after divorce — and why what looks like competence is often a nervous system stuck in survival mode.

You’ll learn:

• Why safety must come before softness
• How over-functioning becomes a substitute for trust
• Why feminine energy doesn’t show up just because you tell yourself to relax
• How childhood beliefs quietly shape the partners we attract
• Why receiving help can trigger guilt, shame, or emotional shutdown
• The difference between true support and trying to be “held” before you feel safe

We also share insights from hundreds of women who’ve taken our Divorce Recovery Nervous System Quiz, revealing how most women actually feel when someone tries to help them — and why that reaction keeps them stuck in burnout.

And stay until the end for My Body Said No, where we each share a real moment when honoring a physical “no” — instead of pushing through — changed everything.

If you’re exhausted, capable, and secretly wondering why rest feels impossible…
this episode will name what your body has been trying to tell you.

💛 Want help applying this work in real time?
Inside The Room Where It Happens (our premium Thursday episodes), we guide you through the nervous system and belief-level shifts that make softness possible again.

🎧 Links to the community, quiz, and premium episodes are in the show notes.

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A podcast exploring the journey of life after divorce, delving into topics like divorce grief, loneliness, anxiety, manifesting, 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 building your confidence, forgiveness and letting go.

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