A big shocking news coming in.
Indian star cricketer Shikhar Dhawan’s wife Ayesha Mukerji took to Instagram to announce that she and Shikhar Dhawan are all set to be divored. In a long Instagram post, she wrote,
I THOUGHT DIVORCE WAS A DIRTY WORD UNTIL I BECAME A 2 TIME DIVORCEE.
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Funny how words can have such powerful meanings and associations. I experienced this first hand as a divorcee. The first time I went through a divorce I was soooooooo fu@kn scared. I felt like I had failed and I was doing something so wrong at that time.
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I felt as if I had let everyone down and even felt selfish. I felt that I was letting my parents down, I felt that I was letting my children down and even to some extent I felt as if I was letting God down. Divorce was such a dirty word.
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So now imagine, I have to go through it a second time. Woooahhhhhh. That is terrifying. Being divorced once before already, felt like I had more at stake the second time round. I had more to prove. So when my second marriage broke down it was really scary. All the feelings I felt when I went through it the first time came flooding in. Fear, failure and disappointment x 100. What does this mean for me? How does this define me and my relationship to marriage?
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Well, once I went through the necessary actions and emotions of what had happened I was able to sit with myself and see that I was fine, I was actually doing great, even noticed my fear had totally disappeared. The remarkable thing is I actually felt much more empowered. I realised my fear and the meaning I gave to the word divorce was my own doing.
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So, once I realised this I started to redefine the word and the experience of divorce according to the way I wanted to see it and experience it.
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❤️Divorce means choosing myself and not settling and sacrificing my own life for the sake of a marriage
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❤️Divorce means even though you do your best and try your best things sometimes do not work out and that’s ok
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❤️Divorce means I have had amazing relationships that have taught me great lessons to carry forward in new relationships
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❤️Divorce means I am stronger and more resilient than I ever thought
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❤️Divorce really means whatever meaning you give to it.
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If you’re struggling with divorce or scared to end a relationship based on being labelled a divorcee then dm ‘divorce’ and book in a Vision Call with me to work 1:1
We wish both Shikhar and Aesha a very happy life going forward. For more updates, stay tuned to IWMBuzz.com