Life Transitions · Divorce
Divorce Recovery Worksheet
Grief without a body
Divorce is a compound loss — partner, identity, future, community, sometimes home and finances. Recovery is not linear and doesn't correlate with who left whom.
What I'm grieving
The person, the marriage, the imagined future, the version of me that was in it
What's mine to rebuild
Home base, routines, social, financial, identity
What I'm keeping and what I'm setting down
Habits, beliefs, roles, dreams — what came from the marriage that I want to keep
What I don't have to decide yet
Dating, moving, big changes — a list of things on hold
Grief without a body
Divorce is a death without a funeral. The grief is real. The recovery is measured in months and years, not weeks.