How to Help a Child Deal with Divorce

The impact of divorce or separation can be especially hard on children—but there’s a lot you can do in how to help your child deal with divorce. If you’re a parent going through a divorce, try to remember that your child needs YOU more than ever. Signs your child is struggling during your divorce How … Read more

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Financial Abuse in a Marriage: Signs and Steps to Take if You’re a Victim

Everyone understands the significance and power of money. It’s not supposed to buy us happiness, but it sure can make us comfortable, and provide choices in our lives. Money can be used to make insecure people feel successful, it can be used to be loving, generous, and thoughtful, and it can also be used as … Read more

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What Should You Do With Your Wedding Photos After Divorce?

I’ll never forget how I felt when I realized I found “the one.” Forget the guy, I’m talking about my wedding dress! Standing in front of the mirror in an off white strapless Werkstatt gown, sophisticated with a little bling, but classy and elegant, I felt so beautiful and happy. All my dreams were coming … Read more

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Hiring a Mediator? 5 Qualities to Look For

Overwhelming, intimidating and emotionally challenging are some of the emotions that go hand-in-hand with divorce. Separating assets, deciding on a parenting plan, and figuring out your living situation adds to stress and fear. Some people call a divorce attorney and go right to court. Others decide to try to mediate their divorce, but still, hiring … Read more

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The Importance of Putting Together Your Divorce Team

When a couple decides to divorce they embark on a process that is complex and one that they likely don’t understand.  Unless a couple is educated about the divorce process or has the right guidance, their first call is often to a divorce lawyer. While in some instances retaining a lawyer is the right first … Read more

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Separated But Living In The Same House…And Sleeping In The Same Bed

 When a couple decides to separate, there are so many factors involved in what comes next. There are couples in which one person decides to move out immediately. There are couples who sell the house and both find new residences. And, there are couples who are separated but living in the same house.   There … Read more

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Should I Go to My High School Reunion? I’m Divorced and Embarrassed

When I got divorced at 41 years-old, along with so many other emotions was this feeling of being lost. I really didn’t know who I was anymore, or who I supposed to be. It was confusing and sad, and it made me feel alone. But as the weeks and months passed, I realized there were … Read more

3 Reasons Not to Share the Details of Divorce With the Kids

We all know about the feelings of anger and resentment that divorce can cause; feelings that might cause frustration. Part of feeling frustrated is wanted to vent-to tell others the details of divorce that are bothering you. You may be tempted to share the story and details of your divorce with your kids. This is … Read more

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The Newly Separated Get Unexpected Gifts

When I was newly separated, a few people sent me cards, which I appreciated, and a couple people actually got me gifts! I remember laughing while opening up a little lipstick pouch given to me by a girlfriend, and thinking, ‘She’s giving me a lipstick case as a small hint that if I want to … Read more

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My Ex is Dating Someone Else and it Hurts: Tips on Coping

There’s something I hear from so many of my clients and it’s heartbreaking: “My ex is dating someone else and it hurts.” It doesn’t matter if you’ve spent months, years, or decades with someone—learning that they are dating someone else after your divorce can be so painful and difficult to process. Simply finding your ex’s … Read more

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“The Divorce is Driving Me Crazy!” 5 Things That Will Drive You Nuts

Ever feel like your divorce is driving you crazy? Anyone who has ever gone through a divorce has at one point or another, (probably more than once, maybe ongoing) felt that feeling of madness,frustration, and constant disappointment by the way their ex is acting. One month, he just decides he’s not paying child support, another … Read more