Stronger Day by Day

Description

Written by a professional divorce mediator and coach, Stronger Day by Day offers daily reflections and insights readers can turn to as they navigate through this emotionally turbulent time. Chapters focus on common stages and feelings that people undergoing divorce experience, including grief, resistance to change, and confusion. Within each chapter, Susan Pease Gadoua offers five-minute meditation exercises that encourage the reader to reflect and heal from the pain and confusion of divorce. Each of these meditations includes a question for readers to ponder throughout the day to gain new insight into their divorce and plans for the future. While most of the meditations deal with the emotional issues surrounding divorce, several exercises offer practical guidance for dealing with the legal system and seeking support from family, friends, and organizations.

Susan Pease Gadoua, LCSW, is founder and executive director of the Transition Institute of Marin in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, an agency that provides coaching, therapy, and workshops to people who are at some stage of marital dissolution. She also works with couples and adolescents. Gadoua's first book, Contemplating Divorce, appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list.

"Without intending to, I read Stronger Day by Day in one sitting. Turning the pages, I felt that a warm and wise mentor was gently and skillfully shining a light through what often is a dark and troubling time. I recommend this book." --Frederic Luskin, Ph.D., director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project and author of Forgive for Good "Unquestionably, divorce is an emotional journey. Stronger Day by Day is an insightful book that gives comfort and help to those going through the process. It not only normalizes the emotions that often accompany the divorce experience, it provides meaningful positive affirmations. Perhaps most importantly, it includes helpful exercises that empower the reader. I will share this book with my clients, who will find it invaluable. I will also share it with colleagues to reinforce why we continue to work to ensure the availability of divorces that take into account the emotional and financial needs of families." --Sherri Goren Slovin, JD, president of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. "Susan Pease Gadoua is brilliant! Every now and then I come across a practitioner who really knows her stuff--first, because she has the credentials, but more importantly, because she's been there, done that! I highly recommend Stronger Day by Day to anyone trying to pick up the pieces after divorce. This book does an excellent job of normalizing the vast array of emotions that one feels during divorce, and the author writes in a way that lets you know she truly understands. It also calls on the reader to act esteemably, whereby everyone benefits." --Francine D. Ward, speaker and author of Esteemable Acts