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Letter from the Editor: Thank You, In Practice
November Letter from the Editor
November asks us to feel grateful, which can be a lot to ask in the middle of a divorce. In this month’s letter, Editor in Chief Jenny Dreizen suggests a gentler approach: noticing one small thing that went okay, and letting that be enough. She also thanks the experts, supporters and everyday helpers who make this work possible.
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Letter from the Editor: This October Let’s Let the Masks Slip
October Letter from the Editor
There's something almost too on-the-nose about writing this in October — a month built entirely around masks, when so many of you are quietly working out how to take yours off... Here's the distinction worth sitting with: there's a real difference between sharing selectively and hiding out of shame. One comes from boundaries — protecting what's tender because it's yours, not because you're ashamed of it. The other comes from a need to convince someone else your pain is real enough, or your relief is quiet enough, to be acceptable.
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September is the Crack that Let’s the Light In
September Letter from the Editor
Every September, Jenny's grandmother took her and Olivia to Staples for school supplies, laid it all out on the kitchen table, and made it feel like the year ahead was possible. In this month's Letter from the Editor, she traces how her parents' divorce didn't break her family — it opened it, making room for grandparents, aunts, uncles, and found family to step into bigger roles. A reminder that a fresh start isn't always a break. Sometimes it's the crack that lets the light in.
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August is a Doorway
August Letter from the Editor
August gets no credit for being a season in its own right — but for anyone divorced or divorcing, it's the perfect metaphor for the liminal doorway between the decision and the new life on the other side. This issue's letter is your permission slip to stand in that threshold a little longer, because portals only open when they're ready.
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Another Year, Unasked
July Letter from the Editor
Marriage equality was a landmark — but equality in dissolution hasn't caught up. In this issue's editor's letter, Jenny Dreizen calls out the legal gaps, professional blind spots, and lack of affirming support that LGBTQ+ individuals still face when a marriage ends. Finding the right attorney or therapist shouldn't be a second battle. Divorce doesn't look one way — neither does starting over."
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Divorce Doesn't Look One Way — and Neither Does Starting Over
June Letter from the Editor
Marriage equality was a landmark — but equality in dissolution hasn't caught up. In this issue's editor's letter, Jenny Dreizen calls out the legal gaps, professional blind spots, and lack of affirming support that LGBTQ+ individuals still face when a marriage ends. Finding the right attorney or therapist shouldn't be a second battle. Divorce doesn't look one way — neither does starting over."
Letter from the Editor: May I? On asking permission for your own life.
May Letter from the Editor
May. The whole word is a request. A hand raised. A pause before the sentence even starts, checking to see whether you're allowed to have the feeling you're already having.
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Letter from the Editor: The Cruelest Month (That Isn't)
April Letter from the Editor
April has a reputation. T.S. Eliot called it the cruelest month — and if you're navigating divorce, you might be inclined to agree. But here's what I've come to think: April isn't cruel. It's just honest. And right now, honesty is exactly what you need.
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Letter from the Editor: Let’s Exhale Together
March Letter from the Editor
March is movement—quiet, real, and at your pace. Jenny reflects on Olivia’s steady courage through divorce: the tiny decisions, the kitchen-table math, the “next true step.” This issue offers a flashlight, not a push—clarity, language, and gentle momentum.
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Letter from the Editor: February Is a Good Month to Come Back to Yourself
February can feel like a month that’s constantly clearing its throat.
It’s short. It’s loud. It’s full of hearts and pink and messaging that assumes you have a “we” to celebrate. And if you’re in the middle of a divorce—or the tender, weird aftershocks of one—it can make you feel like you’re watching life through a window: everyone else paired up, everyone else certain, everyone else held.
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A Note from Our Editors
Welcome to the very first edition of Divorce Guide Magazine.
When we created Fresh Starts Registry, we dreamed of a world where divorce wasn’t whispered about in shame but spoken about in community—where people could find not just resources, but true support. This magazine is an extension of that dream.
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