A troubled ex, a disgruntled employee - we all face extremely challenging situations like these from time to time. Unfortunately, we are often not able to get along peacefully with those who have hurt us in the past, so it is not surprising that we are struggling with them now.

The good news is: it is possible to find relief in all this! In fact, if you realize that the time you spent together actually caused both of you to grow in a variety of ways, you can both benefit dramatically from the interaction. Yes, even if it ended up in divorce or court, or some other mess that caused you stress and grief!

I hear you asking, "Are you kidding Marlene???"

Let's look a bit closer at these examples (or adapt to your own where appropriate);

While your working arrangement or marriage with this person has come to an end, your relationship with them has not. We often think, in the midst of feeling extreme negative emotion over some situation we are living, that going to court or divorcing will solve the majority of the problems. Maybe going to court was your idea, maybe divorcing was their idea, maybe not, - but it doesn't really matter...

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