How to handle your emotions after divorce?

Divorce is an extremely sad event in the life of a person. In a perfect world, no one would get a divorce, but in reality, more than half of marriages in America result in a divorce. So the chances are pretty high that you will go through one too.

But how you handle divorce is equally important. It is extremely rare that divorce happens with a smile on the faces of both partners. Generally, it is a painful process that involves bitterness, anger, and frustration.

So how do some people who do a good job handling a divorce do it. Kenny Chesney is one example. Chesney and Renee Zellweger annuled their marriage a few months after their fairytale wedding but no badmouthing by anyone. He actually says in an interview that he has no regrets about his marriage to Zellweger because it taught him a lesson about love. "She and I fell in love like a couple of schoolkids... I'm glad to know that that can happen. That that exists. And we really still care about each other a lot," said Chesney.

What about another high-profile divorce recently? Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. Since the split, the two have spoken separately to GQ, Vanity Fair, and Oprah, but no bad words from either. In fact, Aniston recently admitted on "Good Morning America" that she still talks to Pitt. "...People want it to be this war and this mean, terrible, shallow thing that's just playing like some soap opera or story line, and it's just not," she said. She also told Diane Sawyer that she's not angry at her ex-husband.

In other words, anger and bitterness do no good despite what your partner may have done. Such negative feelings will also attach a lot of baggage to you and may create a problem for you in finding another relationship or having a happy one.

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