Divorce: The First Six Months with Peter Maestrey - WEEKEND NUGGET - BEING HARD ON YOURSELF

WEEKEND NUGGET - BEING HARD ON YOURSELF

04/30/21 • 10 min

Divorce: The First Six Months with Peter Maestrey

In this episode we explore what it looks like to be hard on yourself, what it looks like and some examples from my own personal life. What happened to me and how I handled it successfully. Looking at it from the perspective of what to do, how to stop it, or at least understand it.

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Dr. Kay Banks - Ep. 24.1 - He just put my suitcases out on the curb.

Welcome the episode 24 series with Dr. Kay Banks. A college professor and mother who before she got on the plane to go to Italy, thought her life was over. Eight years of marriage with little to no arguments, her then husband just put her suitcases on the curb. Dr. Banks talks about the process of when it happened, the thoughts behind the decisions, and what she did when she got back from Italy. The apps, Netflix, and the reading that kept her busy. She also talks about what was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Her story is so unique, and yet it is so familiar . She is a scholastically accomplished woman, she has accolades and acknowledgements with achievements and ambitions to last a few lifetimes. Nothing is not in the realm of unattainable for her, yet there she was. Breaking down. With only her humanity and the ability to guide her out of the coma that is divorce, she did it.
There is so much in this series that speaks to the process and building that you really do not want to miss out on listening to Dr. Kay Banks and her story.

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Dr. Kay Banks - Ep. 24.2 - I had already processed my feelings and exited out, he had not.

In this episode we learn details about the moment Dr. Banks tells her ex that she is done. What she was doing to plan the exit and how she finally chose to tell him. We talk about the biggest take away and what it was for her. What it was like to be a person of faith, black, and in a community where the concept of divorce is that you do not get divorced. All this and more are inside this episode, so press play and stay tuned.