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You Can Handle This Divorce! 10 Powerful Secrets to Coping with Divorce By Shelley Stile Divorce Recovery Life Coach www.changecoachshelley.com

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You!Can!Handle!This!Divorce!!!!!!!

10!Powerful!Secrets!!to!Coping!with!Divorce!

!!!!By!

Shelley!Stile!Divorce!Recovery!Life!Coach!www.changecoachshelley.com!

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!You!Can!Handle!This!Divorce!!!!

10!Powerful!Secrets!to!Coping!with!Divorce!!!

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!5.!Watch!Out!for!Interpretations!

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!6.!Drop!Unenforceable!Expectations%

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%%7.!Give!up!Being!a!Victim!

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%%8.!Go!with!your!Life’s!New!Direction!

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!9.!Change!Your!Attitude!

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!

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%%In!Closing….!

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