Category: Career Growth & Change

By Certified Credit Counsellor, Suzanne Cramer While changing your name is often not a priority in the throws of a divorce, somewhere along the line you may find you want to change your name. Changing your name marks a new beginning or a return to the former you; it may not only make you feel better, [...]

Going through a divorce is mentally, emotionally and financially draining. Maybe you have been home raising the kids while your husband worked; now that you are going through a divorce times have changed and you need to start earning income for yourself and your kids. Jumping back into the workforce can be challenging and takes [...]

By I Am Divorced Not Dead’s recommended Certified Credit Counsellor, Suzanne Cramer. When you divorce your income is often times cut in half and lifestyle changes must be made in order to survive financially-speaking. You’ve created a budget, you’re sticking to it, but sometimes your expenses outweigh your income and you start falling short each month. [...]

Contributed by Certified Credit Counsellor Suzanne Cramer. Divorce is difficult on so many levels and can definitely leave a strain on your finances. Your once “dual” income is now a single income or maybe you stayed home with the kids and have been out of the workforce for several years. How do you ease your [...]

Submitted by Certified Credit Counsellor Suzanne Cramer. I was chatting over coffee with one of my recently separated friends and she was going on and on about how her job search was turning up with no results. She stated she had exhausted all of her personal contacts, applied online via Monster.com and even visited a [...]

Over the past few years, in addition to processing my grief around infidelity and divorce, I – like you – have been called to look to the future and seriously ask myself, NOW what? Who do I want to be in the next phase of my life? In work, love, home, family, health and so [...]