You Are Not Alone
The goal of this community site is to help you recover from Wife Abandonment Syndrome, find resources and connect with a group of supportive women going through the same thing.
““You need to find those women. They’re your tribe. I know because I’ve lived on a few planets that aren’t Planet Earth myself. The healing power of even the most microscopic exchange with someone who knows in a flash precisely what you’re talking about because she experienced that thing too cannot be overestimated.””
Resources to give you the support you need
Read Vikki’s Books
If you have experienced Wife Abandonment Syndrome, reading Runaway Husbands is the essential first step in your recovery. It is necessary in understanding why your husband left the way he did and how to rebuild your life. You will also want to read Planet Heartbreak to hear the stories of other women who have gone through the same thing and learn what helped them recover.
Free Seven Day Email Course
Receive a daily email from Vikki that discusses The Seven Steps for Moving Forward. You will learn the basic tasks you need to heal and get small challenges to help you grow. You’ll be added to the mailing list, where you’ll get words of encouragement from Vikki and news on workshops, events and other resources to help you heal. Unsubscribe anytime.
Runaway Husbands Facebook Group
Reach out to other women in the Runaway Husbands community 24/7 through our closed Facebook group. Share your experiences and hear about theirs. Please click the button and send us a join request. You must have a Facebook account to join the group.
Vikki’s YouTube Channel
Visit Vikki's YouTube channel where you can watch dozens of videos on all aspects of recovery from Wife Abandonment Syndrome. You will find it rich with answers to the questions that have been plaguing you.
Work personally with Vikki
Hearts & Minds Online Divorce Recovery Group
Next group will be scheduled for 2025
You’ll be amazed at the power of a community of women who really understand. Sign up for the next eight-week (1.5hrs/week) online therapy group led by Vikki and get the understanding, help and support you need in this tremendously therapeutic group. You'll be able to see and hear all eight group members online at the same time.
"This group has helped me get myself back, laugh and visit with like-minded smart women." - Hearts & Minds participant
Date: To be announced
Time: 7pm-8:30pm Eastern
Fee: $390 US
One-on-One Therapy
No matter where you are in the world, get the benefit of Vikki’s personal guidance and experience in a one-on-one private Zoom therapy session. Vikki can be your therapist to shepherd you through these troubling times. Contact her to set up a time to meet!
Divorce Recovery Retreats
Attend one of Vikki's retreats in Sedona (Arizona), Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) or online. These retreats are profound bonding experiences with Vikki and the other participants. You will come away energized and with renewed hope for your future. Visit the Retreat pages.
Online Workshops
Valentine’s Day Party
Let's celebrate Valentine's Day together with a fun free party online. You can volunteer to read a poem, sing a song or try out your stand-up routine - anything is welcome! Or just be part of the appreciative audience. Let's raise a glass together!
Date: Friday, February 14, 2025
Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm Eastern
Fee: Free!
Meaningful Suffering
In this live online workshop, we will explore how to make meaning out of the intense suffering you have been going through so that you don’t feel as though you have lost the path in life.
Next date in 2025.
Resilient Grief Workshop
In this line online workshop, we will explore how Wife Abandonment sets off a genuine mourning response and ways to help you manage the grief.
Next date in 2025.
Co-Parenting
Co-Parenting with your ex can be rough. In this online workshop, we’ll explore the complications and offer some creative ways to communicate more successfully with your child’s other parent, if at all possible. The workshop is available either live or you can receive a recording the following day.
Next live date in 2025. Click to purchase a recording of the 2024 workshop and watch it right away!
$25 USD
Long-Haulers
Sometimes, it takes a while to feel that you’ve left your experience of abandonment in the rear-view mirror. This workshop will give you a fresh perspective so you can generate some positive feelings about this next stage of your life post-divorce.
Next date in 2025.
60 Plus
Being left when you’re over 60, often from a long term marriage, can have unique challenges. Facing life as a single person when you’re already adjusting to getting older adds a new layer to that challenge. This online workshop helps you learn to love yourself and love your life, no matter how old you are.
Next live date in 2025. Click to purchase a recording of the 2024 workshop and watch it right away!
$25 USD
Adult Children Workshop
In this live online workshop, we will dive into the complicated effect on the adult child of the father leaving and some approaches you can use to help your child cope.
Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024
Time: 7pm-8:30pm Eastern
Fee: $45 US
Use Your Creativity to Heal
Write From Your Heart
Write From Your Heart is an eight-week expressive writing workshop which provides a safe and welcoming space that promotes healing, empowerment and spiritual exploration through writing, reading our words and deep listening.
Each workshop starts with Creative Arts Therapist, Joyce Cohen, reading a poem or some other prompt that fires your imagination. Then you write free-form for 15 minutes about anything that comes to mind. Then everyone reads her work out loud.
The group doesn’t critique, it just listens. It’s very freeing. You’ll feel heard and supported as you connect with yourself and the others. Insight, laughter and tears are hallmarks of the sessions!
Places are limited so please reserve your spot as soon as possible.
“Everything about the sessions are marked by gentleness; the participants, the process, our facilitator (Joyce). A wonderful added dimension is what happens within the group. There's a special bonding that occurs and a unique form of friendship is created. I can’t put it into words ... it has to be experienced!!!” – Pat
The next Write From Your Heart Workshop will be scheduled in 2025.
Join us for the next session later this year.
Vision Board Collage Workshop
Vision board collages open your mind to your desires and awaken you to great possibilities for your life! Visualize your future through collage and the written word.
Join us for a fun project and create your vision board at our next workshop led by Creative Arts Therapist, Joyce Cohen. You'll be notified about materials to prepare.
“I just completed the workshop and it's been a wonderful experience - a real eye-opener! I really appreciated Joyce's gentle guidance into this intuitive way of accessing one's inner landscape.”
The next Vision Boards Workshop will be scheduled in 2025.
Join us for the next session later this year.