The word "divorce" most often comes with negative stigma, as if to imply it's always a bad thing. Before you think the worst of the big "D" word, keep reading ...

Things change. People change; their goals, desires, needs, etc. Sometimes an "I Do" turns out to be an "oops" years down the road when you've grown as a person and discovered you're not the same person you were back then.

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" couldn’t apply more in this case. Here are the 8 areas in which divorced women excelled because of their experience.

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