The Secret to Successful Time Sharing: Long-Term Thinking
Why Long-Term Thinking is Key Post-Divorce Long-term thinking is like a compass—it guides you through complex situations by keeping your focus on the future. Whether navigating a challenging co-parenting relationship, planning your career, or making personal decisions, adopting a long-term mindset can be transformative. It helps you make better choices, reduce stress, and create positive […]
Navigating the Complexity of Divorce Agreements
Guidelines for Crafting a Balanced Divorce Agreement Divorce is one of the most challenging and emotionally charged events in a person’s life. Not only does it involve significant changes to personal and family dynamics, but it also requires individuals to confront a wide range of complex emotions and difficult decisions. One of the key reasons […]
Emotional Costs of Divorce
The Emotional Toll of Divorce: What to Expect Yes, getting a divorce will cost some money. But most people don’t think about the other costs to ending a marriage. This article addresses the emotional costs of a divorce. When considering how you want to get divorced, these emotional costs should be top of mind for […]
Why is Each Divorce Unique
Understanding the Individual Nature of Divorce Every marriage and family has its own distinct profile, and therefore every divorce is different. Your legal strategy has to be tailored to your individual circumstances and needs, and that takes time, thought and careful planning. What you envision that result to be should be built around a long-term […]
A Deeper Dive into Conflict
Divorce Conflict: Insights for Resolution and Growth Everywhere these days, it seems that people are having a harder time finding the difference between conflict that is productive, useful, and restorative and conflict that is destructive, useless, and harmful. I often hear about situations in which one person, unable to talk about what is bothering them, […]
Thoughts from Adult Children of Divorce
How Divorce Affects Adult Children: Real Experiences For those of you who “stay together for the children” and who think that the end of a marriage does not affect adult children consider these statements: “My parents, who have been married for 34 years, are getting a divorce. The reasons for it are valid. It is […]
There are a lot of things that you do not control
Focus on What You Can Control During Divorce You don’t get to choose your parentsYou don’t get to pick the country you are born inYou don’t get to pick your given talent You don’t get to choose where you start, but you can change where you go: Integrity is a choiceKindness is a choiceHard Work […]
Co-Parenting Warning Signs
Identifying Red Flags in Co-Parenting Relationships Eight questions to ask if you are struggling to co-parent well. If you answered yes to one or more of these questions you might want to discuss this with a family mediator or mental health professional. Contact us and we can help point you in the right direction.
The Very Definition of Divorce
Divorce Defined: A Journey in Different Directions The root of the word “divorce” comes from the Latin word “divortere” which means to turn in different directions. There is some comfort in the simple idea of two people having traveled in the same direction and now one or both are going in different directions. However, the […]
DIVORCING DIFFERENTLY
Choosing a Different Way to Divorce: What You Should Know What if I didn’t blame my partner for anything and held myself 100 percent accountable? What if I checked my own stuff at the door and put my kids first? What if I reminded myself of the things about my partner that I like and […]
