Holidays: New Traditions for a New Family Unit

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A divorce can be a life changing event.  Rather then dwelling on the past and the differences that have suddenly come up, keep your head up and focus on the positives.  Lee Block offers advice on for the holiday season by giving Identity readers tips on how to keep your family traditions alive. By Lee [...]

The Daughter of My Heart

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Divorce can separate a family.  But when two people make the effort, a relationship can survive this life changing event. After a painful divorce, one woman, Susyn, shares how she continued to have a successful, loving relationship with her step-daughter. By Susyn I am most proud of the relationship I have with my step-daughter. I [...]

Confessions of Acceptance

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           Women tell us what they have accepted within their lives and themselves. What do you accept? I’m an African American woman who has been divorced twice. I was brought up to speak properly and always had a corporate job. I have accepted my body-type even when my counterparts didn’t. I’ve learned to ignore people [...]

My Son Got a Stepmom, I Got a Crash Course in Acceptance

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Divorce can take a toll on a family. But what happens when your ex-husband gets remarried and your only son now has a stepmom? For Janet, accepting the new mother-figure in her son's life was more difficult than she had anticipated. After learning to understand what her son's new stepmom would be a positive in [...]

What a Woman Can Do: Finding Financial Success

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For one woman, a divorce and relocation with her children sparked a new found acceptance of her life. Despite the obstacles she had to overcome with depression, a lack of support, and a nonexistent income, she pushed to develop her very own business which grew to be more than she could have ever expected. Read [...]

Life Changes: B.B. King and Bad News

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For one woman, a night with B.B. King turned into a night of bad news. Yet, the loss of a child, a divorce, and the obstacles her two daughters faced with addiction and self-harm, all helped her to learn how she could help others. Hear how this woman took her life experience and sense of [...]

The Pursuit of Happiness – June

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Catherine Bridwell The Pursuit of Happiness Question: How can I stop sabotaging my own success when it comes to making money? Answer: This is a several step process, but recognizing that you've been self-sabotaging is a major first step.  Now, take a look back at those past episodes of self-sabotage, identifying how you undermined yourself.  [...]