Finding your sassy solitude
June 30, 2010, 3:30 am
Filed under: Family Transitions, Personal Transitions | Tags: divorce recovery, Erica Manfred, living alone, women empowerment
Filed under: Family Transitions, Personal Transitions | Tags: divorce recovery, Erica Manfred, living alone, women empowerment
One of my favorite groups growing up in the 1970s was Three Dog Night. They recorded a song “One,” in which the lyrics state “one is the loneliest number.” For recently separated or divorced adults–especially women–there is a period of pronounced discomfort as they learn to live alone. Author Erica Manfred examines why women sulk about living single in her book “He’s History, You’re No,” and the reason goes back to when we lived in caves. Continue reading
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