Author: Jackie Pilossoph

When it comes to divorce and children, there is nothing more gut-wrenchingly sad than when your child, wide-eyed and hopeful, asks you this question: “Are you and dad ever going to get back together?” These and other divorce questions from kid...

Going back to work after divorce can truly feel daunting for many reasons. I experienced it firsthand. With fears that can include technology, leaving the kids with a nanny or in daycare, the big lifestyle change, and not feeling like you are capable...

There are many men and women who have a rule when it comes to dating someone who is not divorced yet: they won’t do it. A few years ago, I tried to set up a guy who was separated but not divorced yet with a divorced woman. When I told the woman he ...

Dating after divorce can feel like a nightmare. At least it did for me. When I got divorced in 2008, I made a beeline for husband #2, which was the worst strategy a newly divorced person could take. My plan resulted in: dating all the wrong people, p...

This might sound trite, but a common cliché is “you have to be happy with yourself before you are going to be happy with someone else.” Yes, that is true, but what happens when two people were happy, they got married, and then some life change c...