The most common lies women tell themselves during divorce are the ones that sound the most believable. These quiet myths keep women stuck (financially, emotionally, and legally) at the very moment they most need to rise.

There’s a moment in almost every divorce when the world seems to tilt on its axis. It’s not always the moment the papers are signed or the assets divided. More often, it’s the moment when the life you’ve known – the one you built, held together, and sacrificed for – suddenly no longer exists in the way it once did.