Getting Yourself Back After a Divorce - Emotional Spring Cleaning 

So I have started this week long spring detox. It includes yoga, meditation, a special detox diet and a lot of contemplating what are the old things that are bogging me down. It is an interesting process to engage in. I am doing it mostly for health reasons right now, but I can see where something like this could be really helpful after a divorce. I did a 21 day detox last spring and interestingly enough, I met my boyfriend right at the tail end of it. I was in such a good, happy, strong place after getting rid of so much emotional and physical crap and much more open to him than I would have been even a month before.

And I don't think that the diet or even the yoga are the most important parts,I believe it is the contemplation. The diet and the yoga just help you focus on the contemplation. It is time spent, examining our lives and figuring out where we want to go next, not feeling bad about our lives. Making a list of everything that isn't working for you can be helpful. You can start with the words "I feel disempowered when..." and fill it in. Next, make a list of what is working for you, "I feel empowered when..." And make sure you list some of the things that make you feel good, strong and happy, even if they aren't occuring at the moment. The lists can be a reminder of what you want to avoid in your life and what you want to manifest.

It's spring which is all about eliminating what isn't working and making room for the birth of the new and the rebirth of the positive. So if you are in a tough place this spring, newly going through a divorce or still mourning one, see if you can't take some time to contemplate, without judgment on yourself or others, eliminate the old patterns that aren't working for you. Take the feelings that are bogging you down, acknowledge them and think of a metaphoric way to put them in a safe place where they aren't ruling your life. My therapist used to say, "tuck them in bed where they are safe, where you can always come back to them later, and leave them home for the night." Make room for the new and your own rebirth.