A Data-Driven Analysis of My Mental State Following Divorce

Is it possible to quantify how we are faring in our recoveries?

Laura Friedman Williams
5 min readJul 17, 2022

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A photo of the author contemplating her place on the divorce recovery leaderboard

I’ve been separated from my husband for over four years and divorce papers have been filed. I’ve moved on in many ways: in a new relationship, new home, new career, and many new friends. I’ve thrown myself into this next chapter with gusto and by several…

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Laura Friedman Williams

Author of AVAILABLE: A Very Honest Account of Life After Divorce (Boro/HarperUK June ‘21; Harper360 May ‘21). Mom of three, diehard New Yorker.