How to Coparent When You Absolutely Hate Your Ex
Cutting the rope and letting go of a difficult Ex can be freeing—empowering and necessary, even. But what about when you can’t cut him* out of your life entirely? And you just hate him so much? Many women have to coparent with an Ex-husband they don’t particularly like or get along with. It sounds like…
Read MoreBreast Cancer Diagnosis: What You Need to Know
It happened. Life was moving beautifully for this 53-year-old, single woman. It was the end of June 2016, and I was preparing for a trip to Peru with my daughters. I was cleaning my hiking boots, having scheduled my shots and taken care of pesky medical exams, when …..
Read More8 Reasons I Am Grateful for My Divorce This Thanksgiving (and All Days)
We are emerging from the midterms. The country is either celebrating or cursing, and we the people in our country remain polarized. Some of us are fearful of Thanksgiving and the oncoming holidays. Who will we be seated next to? What will come up in conversation? And how strong will our bandwidth for patience be?…
Read MoreHow to Leave Your Husband and Slay Considering Divorce Syndrome™
If you’ve been suffering from an undiagnosed case of Considering Divorce Syndrome™ (CDS™) — where you keep revisiting the prospect of divorce in your head — there comes a point when you must decide whether to break the cycle of indecision or continue living in a painful limbo replaying what you know but doing nothing…
Read MoreDivorce: How to Get Over a Breakup When You Feel Abandoned
Often when you are reading about divorce and the woman’s perspective, many stories assume that the woman was unhappy and that she was the one who left the marriage. The research supports this, that women initiate divorce more often than men. And at SAS, we certainly work with women who feel and act on this.…
Read MoreDivorce and Depression: What to Look for and How to Cope
Divorce and depression are inseparable for almost everyone. The ending of—or even the thought of ending—your marriage is incredibly sad because it’s the death of your dreams of being happy together and basking in the love you thought you had found. But depression caused by divorce is not the same as what we commonly think…
Read MoreFreezing Your Eggs in the Event of Divorce
Change is a reality. Sometimes, we want to embrace it to help us grow and mature while other times change comes at the worst possible moments and in the worst possible ways. Just when we think we have a handle on how things should and will go, everything goes off-kilter. When you were growing up,…
Read MoreHow Much Does a Divorce Cost?
How much does a divorce cost? is one of the first questions we often hear when a woman makes contact with us, while “how long will a divorce take?” is a close second. We wish there were a menu to refer you to, so you could evaluate your choices and pick and choose items à…
Read MoreLeaving an Abusive Marriage? There Are Steps You Need to Take First
Abuse doesn’t always look the way we imagine it. No bruises are required for the abuse to be real, and you don’t need “proof” for your pain to be valid. But when it comes to protecting yourself legally and leaving an abusive marriage, it’s an unfortunate fact that both those things hold weight. We know…
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