Who do we reach out to when the pain gets unbearable, and we feel like there is no hope?
Friends and family support is crucial at this time, however sometimes it’s just not quite enough.
While trying to be supportive, sometimes our friends lack patience and understanding. They have heard us vent or complain for quite sometime, and at times put their put down and say, “just get on with it.” We’d like nothing more than to do just that…but can’t…and feel like it will never end. It’s ground hog day (again). Although friends and family want to be supportive, at times they just don’t seem to get it…and are often unable to share the depth of our emotion, go the distance and sustain us in the long haul.
Rather than being strong and struggling alone, you can let the guard down and join a support group. Part of our healing is our ability to acknowledge we need help, and then to reach out and ask for it. First, ask your family and friends, and then sometimes we need to partner with total strangers. You’ve heard the expression, “Birds of a feather flock together.” What brings total strangers together? A common thread, or shared experience, and in this case, a common painful transition. It is this affinity that forms a deep connection that often words cannot even express. These are people who otherwise you may not have been drawn to or sought out. However, your pain connects you at a deeper level. Like a cup of cold water, they offer you, offer comfort, solace and hope. This group I call sojourners. Maybe an old archaic word, yet it holds true. Sojourners – by definition is a group who may come together for a season, usually for a certain purpose. Make the first move, take the risk, reach out to a complete stranger, or a group of like-minded strangers, who find themselves in the exact same painful place you are. What better group of people to connect with, than those who have walked, and are currently walking in your shoes.
Join a Revolutionizing Divorce Support Group…
•Share your common experiences
•Explore and share solutions to problems
•Find a listening ear
•Form new friendships
•build community
•Develop new skills and healing strategies
•offer help and hope to others
•continue growing and learning
•have FUN
Call today for your COMPLIMENTARY CONSULTATION…we have a space for you in our upcoming group!
By joining a Revolutionizing Divorce Support Group, you will experience accelerated healing and be empowered to move forward.
Trust yourself, trust your coach and trust the process…
Reflections
1 What creates trust for me?
2. What is keeping me from getting the extra support I need?
3. Can I take the risk, and make the call?