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The Happenstance

Olivia Howell
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Some of the best things in my life arrived by happenstance—unplanned, unscripted, often disguised as the worst thing that ever happened to me. This is where I write about all of it: starting over, raising two boys, building something from the ground up.

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    CEO and co-founder of Fresh Starts Registry; credited by NY Mag with "destigmatizing divorce." Writer, podcaster, and author of Divorce Happens (Sheldon Press, 2027). Divorce is not a failure. It's a fresh start. Your big sister of divorce.

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