Why Your Comfort Zone Shrinks After Divorce (And How to Fix It)

Remember COVID lockdowns? That feeling when going to the grocery store suddenly felt terrifying? That's what can happen to your comfort zone after divorce - except nobody's mandating it. You're doing it to yourself. Divorce coach Julie Danielson sees this pattern constantly: women who gradually stop going places, decline invitations, and watch their worlds get smaller and smaller. "If you do not continually work on stretching your comfort zone, it will shrink," she warns. "And you will isolate. And that is when women get depressed." Here's why it happens - and the surprisingly simple steps you can take to reverse it, starting today.