What is FOMO and Why Should I Care?
{4:12 minutes to read} There are so many acronyms these days between emails/texts, Facebook, Twitter and the like that, unless you are engaged in it regularly, you just can’t [...]
All Quiet On The Western Front?
{3:48 minutes to read} The World War I masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque was not required reading when I was in high school. [...]
A Wife’s Fervent Plea for Mediation
{4:42 minutes to read} Every once in awhile, a client will send me something that goes right to the heart of mediation. I’m working with a couple who have been [...]
Sick of the Election? This is What Your Kids Feel Like.
{3:42 minutes to read} I have written this blog prior to, and you will be receiving it when we are on the other side of, the 2016 presidential election. So [...]
9 Years a Slave to the System
{4:06 minutes to read} A friend and dear colleague of mine has been going through the matrimonial legal system for a total of 9 years. Yes, you heard that right—9 [...]
There Is NO Oz
{Read in 2:53 minutes} Oh, if only there were, then life would be great, right? I’m not so sure. There are times in our lives when we all harbor the [...]
Who Bears the Costs of the Emancipated Child?
{3:54 minutes to read} An oxymoronic question, no? Actually, no, it’s not. An oxymoron as defined by Merriam-Webster is "a combination of contradictory or incongruous words.” According to the NY [...]
When Is It Appropriate to Introduce the Children to a Significant Other? Part 2 – The 5 Questions to Ask Yourself
{5 minutes to read} So, back to the scenario I described in my previous article: Your soon-to-be ex is pushing for the children to meet his new significant other, Sally* [...]
When Is It Appropriate to Introduce the Children to a Significant Other? Part 1 – The Scenario
{3:56 minutes to read} Of all the issues that come up in mediation, there is probably not a single one that is rife with more consternation, complexities, consequences, and what [...]