Healthy Divorce Help
HELPING PEOPLE SURVIVE AND THRIVE DURING AND AFTER A DIVORCE
A divorce is a life-changing process. A Divorce Consultant can provide healthy guidance during this time of crisis. Some people need advice, others need someone to listen, and most people need help re-defining their life.
Services offered
- Divorce Coaching and Mentoring
- Emotional Support and Guidance
- Financial Planning and Education
- Speaking Engagements
Topics include
- Financial survival, recovery, and planning
- Emotions, parenting, and ex-spouse relations
- Career change guidance, resume assistance, interview skills, job hunting plan
- Moving forward with life and new relationships
BuildING a team
Many people build a support team which might include an attorney, therapist, psychiatrist, support group, family, and friends to help during their divorce. A Divorce Consultant is available for whatever divorce related issue you'd like to discuss. This will assist in the emotional process as well as specific divorce problems in which others have not had direct experience.
WORKING TOGETHER
Appointments and Fees
Our initial meeting will be scheduled at a discounted rate of $200 for two hours. If you would like to meet again, my hourly rate is $125. If you would like to purchase a ten hour package with a discount, it is $1,000.
After we begin, you'll have my contact information and I will be available for texts and calls outside of scheduled meetings if you need to speak with me sooner than anticipated.
If your needs are not being met, there is never an obligation to continue. If our conversations are short, the prorated minutes will be added to the next meeting.
Cash, check, and Zelle are acceptable methods of payment prior to our meeting if you do not purchase a package.
Clients can choose to meet in person, talk on the phone, or have a video conference.
Always call 911 if you are in an emergency situation!
ABOUT GRACEANN STEWART
Getting help
GraceAnn Stewart is dedicated to helping people recover from broken relationships by providing guidance and support. Developing coping skills, reducing stress and anxiety, and improving overall well-being are goals during this process.
Short Bio
GraceAnn Stewart has been a speaker on many topics including adoption, marriage, remarriage, divorce, health and wellness, healthcare, insurance, and retirement. In addition, she has performed as a stand-up comedian and works as a minister for California Coastal Weddings. Previous careers include: college professor, corporate management consultant, and entrepreneur.
Unlicensed and unaffiliated
For cognitive or dialectical behavioral therapy, please consult a physician for a referral. My services offered may be helpful, but nothing is guaranteed and this is not a replacement for therapy or psychiatric help. Our goal will be to develop knowledge as the divorce progresses, cultivate healthy habits, build resilience, and improve overall health and well-being.
TRY SOMETHING NEW ~ Ideas anD thoughts
- Learn to eat healthy
- Exercise
- Try yoga
- Try to meditate
- Read - go to the library
- Reinvent yourself
- Attend therapy / support groups
- Learn how to manage finances
- Make plans to do something new
- Go visit wineries, organize a ski trip, or go hiking
- Explore a local small town
- Visit a long distance friend
- Join a friend for weekly worship - explore world religions
- Take a bath
- Have a massage
- Buy something new
- Buy something symbolizing your survival
- Have a manicure and a pedicure
- Arrange for a traditional Korean body scrub
- Go to the library and borrow something other than a self help book
- Watch a comedy, or Crazy Rich Asians for fun
- Plan a vacation to explore a new world
- Try a new restaurant
- See a movie, play, opera, or symphony
- Learn to play an instrument
- Take a cooking class or get a recipe book from the library and try something new
- Go to an art museum
- Go to a horse race
- Take a class
- Start a garden
- Try a new career
- Redecorate your house
- Move somewhere new
- Clean your house
- Get a haircut
- Groom yourself
- Become a teacher
- Learn a language
- Plan a trip to where the language is spoken
- Adopt a pet
- Try Soduko, puzzles, or play cards
- Write poems or put your thoughts in a journal
- Study philosophy
- Volunteer and learn how to give to others
- Make some new friends – go to public gatherings, meet your neighbors, introduce yourself to people
- Invite someone out for coffee
- Try an electric bike ride on a safe trail
- Volunteer for anything - if you cannot find something, contact a community theatre, they always need people to help
- Print cards with your name, phone number, and email so you can always pass on your contact information to people you meet
- Make a scrapbook of your married years, put it away. Put it in your garage
- Go to a comedy club and have some laughs
- Watch Grace and Frankie and Suits and escape reality for a while
- Throw yourself a divorce healing party
- Send out notices when your divorce is final
- Finish your degree or work toward an advanced degree
OLDER Books ~ for Reference
- Divorce Sucks: What to do when irreconcilable differences, lawyer fees, and your ex's Hollywood wife make you miserable by Mary Jo Eustace and Joanne Kimes
- How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Melba Colgrove, Harold Bloomfield, and Peter McWilliams
- Spiritual Divorce: Divorce as a Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life by Debbie Ford
- Congratulations on your Divorce – The Road to Finding Your Happily Ever After by Amy Botwinick
- Moving Forward After Divorce by David and Lisa Frisbie
- What Your Divorce Lawyer May Not Tell You by Margery Rubin
- After Your Divorce – Creating the Good Life on your Own by Cynthia MacGregor and Robert E. Alberti, Ph.D.
- Surviving Divorce by Sheryl Garrett, CFP
- The Guys - Only Guide to Getting Over Divorce and on with Life, Sex, and Relationships by Sam J. Busser, PhD and Glenn F. Sternes, PhD
- Make Any Divorce Better by Ed Sherman
- A Man's Guide To A Civilized Divorce: How To Divorce With Grace, A Little Class, And A Lot Of Common Sense by Sam Margulies
- The Sweet Potato Queens' Wedding Planner / Divorce Guide by Jill Conner Browne (kind of a stupid and funny book)
- Divorce And Finances by Marc Robinson
- The Healthy Divorce: Keys to Ending Your Marriage While Preserving Your Emotional Well-Being by Lois Gold, MSW
More Books!
Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Boundaries (UPDATED!)
Boundaries in Dating
Boundaries In Marriage
Boundaries With Kids
Fred Luskin
Stress Free for Good
Forgive for Good
Laura Schlessinger
The Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands
Ten Stupid Things Couples Do To Mess Up Their Relationships
How Could You Do That?! [The Abdication Of Character, Courage, Conscience]
Ten Stupid Things Women Do To Mess Up Their Lives
Sheila Ellison
The Courage To Love Again: Creating Happy, Healthy Relationships After Divorce
The Courage To Be A Single Mother: Becoming Whole Again After Divorce
Depression/Anxiety
Overcoming Anxiety and Depression – Practical Tools to Help You Deal With Negative Emotions by Bob Phillips
Life in General
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart – Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now by Gordon Livingston
Games People Play by Eric Berne
Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life by Larry Winget
Books on Health Improvement
The Food Revolution : how your diet can help save your life and our world by John Robbins
Diet for a New America by John Robbins
This Crazy Vegan Life by Christina Pirello