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episode 197: Ditch Your Divorce Fears
Victims of betrayal and abuse often feel paralyzed when they consider leaving their partner - the uncertainty, sadness, and confusion can make it feel impossible to face your divorce fears.
How Do I Face My Divorce Fears?
The fears that victims face regarding divorce are real and valid. Victims can work through these fears by honoring the reality that divorce is hard, but divorcing an abuser is hard on an entirely different level.
When victims work with a BTR Coach and use supportive resources like the BTR.ORG Group Sessions, they are empowered to make strategic, rather than emotional, decisions.
Fears regarding money, kids, and conflict are more easily resolved when victims use a strategic mindset.
Steps To Take Today To Ditch Your Divorce Fears
You can begin ditching your divorce fears today by taking a few steps in the direction of educating and preparing yourself. Here are some practical steps:
* Begin gathering financial information, such as tax returns, W2s, and pay stubs.
* Do not tell your partner that you are considering divorce - yet. Wait until you have made a firm decision.
* Begin researching attorneys in your area.
* Establish a simple, daily self-care routine that includes adequate nutrition and hydration so that your basic needs are being met.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk7GeWgb4Oc
BTR Supports You
At BTR we understand the agony of the decision to divorce. We also understand how difficult it can be to ditch those divorce fears.
With support, self-care, and empowerment through education, we know that you can get to safety and create the beautiful, peaceful life that you deserve.
BTR.ORG Group Sessions are here for you. Access our Group Sessions today and know that we love you.
Full Transcript
Anne: Welcome to Betrayal Trauma Recovery, this is Anne.
BTR Is Inter-Faith & Inter-Paradigm
It’s been a while since it’s just been me talking to you about what’s going on and about what I’m thinking about. I got vaccinated, but I think I have maybe a cold, so I hope I don't have COVID. I don't think this is COVID, it feels like a regular cold, but it's like nowadays if you sneeze or if you cough, then it's the end of the world. So, sticking around home waiting for my cold to pass. Most of you know that I am religious, that I follow a faith tradition, and that I'm Christian. Specifically, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I am grateful for the foundation that provides me with faith and hope in God and my Savior, Jesus Christ.
For you, non-religious listeners out there, atheists or agnostics, you are welcome here. We're so glad that you're here and I'm so grateful that you listen and that you're here and that you are a part of this because this issue affects every woman regardless of her paradigm or her faith or the way that she sees the world. For women of faith, you're really familiar with the wheat and the tares, and for you women who are not of faith, please indulge me in listening to this, and I would love your help as well.
The Parable of the Wheat & the Tares
I've been studying the parable of the wheat and the tares, and I'm wondering if Matthew 13 verse 25 where it says, but while men slept,