Welcome to Explore
After long excruciating days in EXile, the frenetic outpouring of grief and anger in EXpress, and the cleansing Exorcism of renewal, you finally get it. Life is short. You are feeling more human and want to actually go OUT into the world, examine your options and start to EXplore.
Money Can’t Buy Happiness
One of the most terrifying aspects of divorce is that there is often a justifiable deep concern with financial security. It’s a fact that most women end off financially worse off after the end of a relationship. There is often a tendency to want to move to a new city, change jobs, return to school, make a big change! These are all good goals! Take chances if you feel ready, but beware the pitfalls. Exploring starts at home.
Money Can Buy Options
In the stage of Explore, money is not the goal but can be a key. Money opens doors.. Robin Spears is a travel writer who, after her very dramatic divorce 6 years ago, left her small community in Lake Tahoe to move to San Francisco to jump start her career as a writer. She spent the next 5 years traveling the world, looking for her new home. She went on a kind of blind date with the world, which in many ways combined her EXile and EXplore stages at once. Robin now offers women’s workshops in Brazil for women in this exciting stage of EX.
Do What you Love!
One of the least expensive ways to EXplore new options is to read about them first. Test the waters, let your heart and mind wander into new territory without judgment or expectation. Bookstores these days are a treasure trove of adventure, education and inspiration. What activities map to that leading lady you defined back in EXorcise? Start a hobby, join a club, and learn a new skill. Try new things and do what feels good for a change! Take chances any chance you can!
