ABOUT ARTEMIS
Artemis.
Why this practice exists.
Artemis is about a stance — a state of being, a way of being through a great challenge.
WHY ARTEMIS
When my life was unraveling, I needed a way to stand.
Not against someone but for something. For my life. For my children's future. For their right to the fullness of their mother. For the self I had slowly been disappearing from.
I started with the warrior pose, strong and anchored within myself, grounded and clear in what was most important.
Then, I remembered Artemis. The goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, the protectress of mothers and children.
She wasn't always liked, nor fondly remembered for her fierce self-advocacy.
But, in divorce, no one gets gold stars and brownie points for being the good girl. For having been polite, accommodating, acquiescent.
Taking this stance, going against our acculturation as women, is awkward and uncomfortable at first.
That's the stance Artemis Divorce Coaching is built around — a way of being through the hardest things.
THE STANCE
The work in divorce is returning to center.
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BRACING
When fear runs decisions.
Shoulders up, weight back, protecting against impact. You're still in the room, but you're not fully present. The decisions made from here tend toward self-protection over strategy.
CENTERED
Feet planted, weight even, resources in hand.
This is the Artemis state. Not passive, not aggressive. Present, grounded, ready. Decisions made from here are the ones you can stand in and sustain.
REACTIVE
When anger or urgency drives decisions.
Weight too far forward, overreaching. You're fighting, but not from a grounded place. The decisions made from here tend toward escalation over resolution.
It's not about eliminating the first two stances.
It's recognizing when you're in them —
and learning how to return to a centered state.
THE WORK IN PRACTICE
Artemis within
Artemis hunts alone, by choice. She protects her own. She's not soft. She's sovereign, supreme in herself.
She doesn't wait to be rescued. She doesn't ask permission to take up space. She stands in and moves from her own authority.
In divorce, this is the room we build within ourselves.