What You Need to Know About Working with a Divorce Coach (the Benefits … and the Downsides)

Working with a divorce coach ... the good and the bad

As you navigate through the thoughts of divorce, dealing with divorce, or recovering from divorce, a divorce coach might be your best source of comprehensive support. That’s because an experienced divorce coach knows divorce is not just a legal or financial dilemma.  It’s a whole life challenge that requires your making diverse but smart decision—and…

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Conscious Uncoupling: Is It Really Still a Thing?

Conscious uncoupling it is still a thing?

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin brought conscious uncoupling to our collective attention when they announced their split in 2014. But very little has been said about it since. If you’re wondering if conscious uncoupling is still a thing or if it was just a flash in the pan, celebrity fad, you’re not alone. Conscious uncoupling…

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What My Grown Up Self Would Tell My Divorced Mom

Grown up woman talks to divorced mom

Parents always wonder about the children when they get divorced. Will they be okay? Will they understand? What will they remember? My parents divorced when I was eight years old. My father told me he would have stayed, if my mother would have tried. My mother told me all she ever did was try. And…

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Divorce and Children: The Not So Secret Way to Get Through Divorce Without Breaking up the Family

How Divorce Affects Children and families

Divorce is complicated. Divorce and children? That’s when uncomplicating things really matters. A “normal” family dynamic looks different to all of us. But those relationships and routines—the warmth, safety, energy, and feeling of support a family provides—is something none of us wants to lose. The benefits of a close-knit family seem obvious when you look…

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How to Survive a Nasty Divorce & Take Care of You, Too!

Woman celebrating after surviving a nasty divorce.

Every divorce is heartbreaking because it abruptly ends the dream of living happily ever after together. But a nasty divorce is doubly painful because of the ongoing onslaught of your Ex’s aggressive behavior. Aggressive behavior during (and after) a bad divorce can take many forms. Purposeful cruelty People who resort to purposeful cruelty do things…

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How to Parent Your CoParent (Without Him Realizing!)

Father coparenting his daughter by tending to her hair.

You know that setting an example is always important. And you can guess, I’m not just talking about the model you demonstrate to your kids. When you separate and become coparents, it is so easy to disengage and consequently, communicate less and less with your ex. It can be such a relief! Yet, communication more…

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How to Tell Your Kids You are Getting Divorced

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Have you been worried about how to tell your kids you are getting divorced for a long time now? Did you stay in the marriage much longer than you wanted, because you were so frightened of what the news or changes might do to them? Have you put off telling them anything because you just don’t know what…

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