“My ex is my greatest teacher.” When you’re going through divorce, it can be hard to see the light at the end of this dark, lonely, and agonizing tunnel. You may start to wonder where you went wrong, how you never saw it coming, and regret every second leading up to now. But what if every breakdown you had with your ex was exactly the breakthrough you needed? Karen Stanley was a single mom for eight years and she finally experienced real love after dealing with abuse, going through divorce, bankruptcy, foreclosure, and repossession of her car all while raising two kids alone. After struggling with self-worth and attracting the wrong partner time and time again, she wondered if she could use similar strategies that she used in business to create a plan to build her self-worth with easy to implement actionable steps. So she built a plan and it worked and she shares it with others in her book, The Single Mom’s Guide to Creating the Life You Want.  On this episode of The Divorce Doctor, Karen and I discuss how her painful breakdown with divorce actually became her greatest breakthrough. Her story of struggle and survival serves as a light to those stuck in the darkness of divorce. Learn more about Karen by visiting her website at https://mrskarenstanley.com/