Author: Jackie Pilossoph

Last week, I called my friend to tell him I was going to be a few minutes late for our meeting because I wanted to squeeze in a manicure."Why do women get their nails done?" he asked. "I never understood that." That's when it hit me. Sometimes, men j...

This article comes from the bottom of my heart. Being newly separated or newly divorcedcan play a huge role when it comes to self-confidence. Going through a divorce can cause even someone with normally great self-esteem to have self-doubt and insecu...

A Divorced Girl Smiling reader wrote this: I am recently divorced and not sure I want to get into another relationship right away, but don’t want to sleep around either. Is casual dating without sex even possible? And, how long should you casually ...

Do people get divorced and never look back? Some do. But I think most divorced men and women spend weeks, months, years, and even decades in some cases, rehashing things that happened in their marriage, looking back and second guessing decisions they...

A really really hard part about getting divorced with young kids, is helping them adapt to going from Mom's house to Dad's house and back. It's brutal, and I can still vividly remember how much it hurt, watching my kids at 3 and 5 try to figure out w...