I Am An Expert
Hello. My name is Claudia and I am an authority on the ups and downs of marriage, children, career choices and divorce. So that you can appreciate my credentials, I will only say that, I have lived them! I have not only survived but I have flourished and you can too! I’ll give you a bit of my history and show you that there is always light at the end of tunnel. I am evidence of the fact that women are strong and resilient. Even when we get knocked down by pain or fear, we can all get back up and dust ourselves off. We just need to know how. That’s my purpose. I am offering support, friendship and some tools to help women, no matter where they are, in their lives. I didn’t know it at the time but my divorce was one of the best things that ever happened to me! My life is just beginning and I am enthusiastic about helping you to reach the point that your life changes for the better too!
- I am an expert in remembering the pain and guilt that I felt when I attempted to leave my children and remain a working mom. I was proactive when I changed my career and became a stay at home mom or SAHM but I am an expert now in realizing that I should have taken steps to protect my future.
- I was an expert in feeling the loss of my personal identity, when I quit my job to be a SAHM. I changed that loss into a new and better identity for me, at that time. I focused on my children and husband totally and I became the best mom and wife that I knew how to be! I am now an expert in the knowledge that I also should have put focus on my own needs.
- I am an expert in remembering the promises that were made to me, when I agreed to become a SAHM. I wasn’t an expert in realizing that promises that are made, can be broken. I am an expert now, in understanding the steps that SAHMs should take, just in case, promises are broken.
- I am an expert in remembering the sacrifices that I made, raising my four children alone, as my husband climbed the corporate ladder. I wasn’t aware of the red flags that had begun to wave in the breeze of a discontented husband but I was an expert at ignoring them.
- I was an expert in making excuses to my children and to myself for my husband’s absence from our lives and his displeasure when he was home with us. I am now an expert in realizing that facing the truth is ultimately, the only way to deal with any relationship.
- I was an expert in knowing the feeling of being sleep deprived as a young mother and then later as the mother of teens but not an expert in realizing that my husband should have played a proactive role in the parenting.
- I was an expert feeling the pain of disrespectful preteens and teenagers. I wasn’t an expert in realizing what promulgated their words and actions or how I could change the rules. I am now an expert in the realization that, just as 2+2=4, in most cases, a father must respect a mother, if the children are to respect her. Being a SAHM is an honorable profession and mothers who are SAHMs, need to respect themselves before anyone else will respect them.
- I was an expert in dealing with unscrupulous attorneys. I am now an expert in HOW to deal with unscrupulous attorneys.
- I was an expert in telling the truth and abiding by the rules. I am now an expert in understanding that being honest doesn’t mean that people won’t question your word and that, “playing by the rules” doesn’t mean that you will win.
- I am an expert in my knowledge that whoever has the best attorney and the most money, wins in court. I am an even better authority in the knowledge that winning in court doesn’t necessarily mean winning in life!


