Getting a Divorce

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Seven Ways to Keep Your Sanity as You Get Through a Divorce

Getting through divorce

Getting through a divorce with our sanity intact is a real challenge. We have to grapple as much with what’s going on in our minds—with our beliefs about ourselves—as we do with what’s coming at us from the outside. It’s no wonder that divorce is typically ranked as one of the top three most stressful…

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How to Change Your Name After Divorce

Changing name after divorce

Changing your name after divorce can feel freeing—or it can feel like pouring salt on an open wound. And it’s possible, certainly, that it might even feel like both. Where you stand depends on the circumstances of your divorce and your particular mindset. If you’ve decided that a name change is important to you, you’ll…

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Divorce Help for Thoughtful Women

Divorce help for women

There’s no one way to be married, and the same is true for divorce. Smart women find the best way through it is by viewing the divorce process as a whole, and then narrowing in and breaking down each piece into manageable sizes that can be more easily accomplished. Take things slowly, and make sure…

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Joint Custody: What Is It, and How Does It Work?

Dealing with joint custody

I spoke with divorce attorney Kathy Wagner about joint custody recently. She shared some critical insights from her 30-plus years of experience practicing family law in Somerset County, New Jersey. While there will be similarities in family law state-to-state, there are also important differences, so be sure to Google custody law in your state before…

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11 Truths Divorced Women Want You to Know

Divorced women on a boat

If you are thinking about or dealing with divorce, it’s human nature to want to hear things from other women who have survived it. We want to compare our experiences of hell, and we want to know how they did it, ultimately, how they, women like us, championed through it. Hearing their story creates a…

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10 Critical Things I Wish I’d Known Before Getting Divorced

Woman contemplating getting divorce

When you go through a catastrophe like a life-crisis alone, the ground shakes. You lose your bearings as the tectonic plates of your routine and What’s Always Been crack and shift. As you struggle to gain footing, you realize you don’t know what else is coming, what else you’ll be faced with. You simply don’t…

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What All Divorced Women Have in Common

divorced women

Years ago, when I was still shell-shocked from learning of my husband’s infidelity and angry that I had become a divorced woman, I went out to dinner with two friends. Both were divorced women, so we had that in common. But one was talking easily about co-hosting her son’s graduation party with her Ex and…

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How to Make Divorce Cheaper

how to make divorce cheaper

You’ve gone through a lot. Now you just want to get ending your marriage over with. And while a divorce is the only way to move forward sometimes it’s also the problem, especially when it comes to the cost. The estimated cost of getting divorced in the United States is $10,000 to $20,000. Yes, that’s…

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