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Oona Metz

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Therapist and writer. On a mission to support and empower women navigating divorce. Essays in Cognoscenti, LA Review, Psychotherapy Networker. Rep by Mel Flashman. Book to be published Jan 2026, Simon and Schuster. Stay tuned!

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5 Reasons Why Gray Divorce Is a Rising Trend The surprising reasons behind the surge in divorce among couples over age 50.

Gray divorce is on the rise. Check out some of the most common reasons here.

04.09.2025 14:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Mel! These two reasons surprised me too!

04.09.2025 14:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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3 Things That Help When You Discover a Partner's Affair Discovering a partner's affair can be devastating, but there are several things you can do in the immediate aftermath to help you stay grounded.
06.08.2025 19:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ColdplayGate: Protecting Kids When an Affair Makes Headlines After photos of Astronomer execs at a Coldplay concert went viral, parents are left asking how to protect their kids when private betrayals turn public.
22.07.2025 14:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I counsel women going through a divorce. Here's what they tell me Many women who initiate divorce tell me their spouse was more like an unreliable assistant than a true partner, writes psychotherapist Oona Metz. Eventually, after years of unproductive conversations,...
21.07.2025 22:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Five Phases of Divorce Grief No one brings a lasagna when a marriage dies, and yet people facing divorce must grieve both their past relationship and their future together.

The Five Phases of Divorce Grief | Psychology Today

07.07.2025 17:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The crowds were huge, the biggest crowds. We always have the best crowds;)

06.04.2025 01:01 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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23.03.2025 15:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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02.03.2025 18:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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02.03.2025 17:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#hizenith!

02.03.2025 13:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Live Apart Together Revolution is Coming Divorced Gen-X and Boomer moms are leading the way

In my book on live apart together relationships, I cite numerous studies that indicate it can offer the same kind of commitment, love, intimacy, stability, equality and all the other things living under one roof can offer while also giving each partner independence.
medium.com/crows-feet/t...

04.12.2024 15:01 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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Great explanation.
#USDemocracy #Opposition

16.12.2024 13:09 — 👍 92    🔁 46    💬 4    📌 1

Congrats!!!!

06.12.2024 12:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Why don’t we talk — really talk — about divorce? Reese Witherspoon and her husband recently announced they were divorcing — with "deep love, kindness and mutual respect." What about grief and anxiety? asks Oona Metz.
29.11.2024 01:22 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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J.D. Vance has become a laugh line to some, but his stance on divorce is seriously dangerous Laughing at J.D. Vance has become a part-time job for progressives, who have been gleefully sharing childless cat lady memes and couch jokes. I’ll admit I’m guilty of chuckling along with them. But Va...

I wrote this article before the election. JD Vance seems set on controlling women as much as possible. Horrendous.

28.11.2024 23:15 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Here is a little piece I wrote about the hope and dread that comes with parenting teenagers.
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

02.10.2023 02:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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