Separation/Divorce: To Everything There Is A Season
I attended a monthly dinner meeting a few days ago and in kicking off the New Year, it was held at a new venue - a well known restaurant/inn on [...]
Life Tips – How To Lose 20 Pounds In 20 Minutes!
I started the New Year with a good laugh – which is always a good thing. On January 2nd, I was driving past my neighborhood shopping center where a local [...]
Separation/Divorce – Compromise – It’s Not a Dirty Word
I’m not sure when the word compromise became a dirty work and thus went out of favor. In our current politically correctworld, it seems that we all want to be [...]
Separation/Divorce: Mediation – How long is this going to take?
I am often asked this question by potential clients during my initial intake. People know that mediation is a more streamlined process than a litigated divorce but they really have [...]
Separation/Divorce: “Raking Over the Coals”
I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard one spouse say to the other during a heated discourse about dividing the marital assets and debts: “I don’t [...]
Separation or Divorce: The Financial-Emotional Conundrum Part II
How Do We Get “There” Together? In Part 1 of the “Financial-Emotional Conundrum” I touched on how the emotional aspect of our nature can often rule our responses to the [...]
Separation or Divorce: The Financial-Emotional Conundrum Part I
There are many aspects of our “being” that make us human “beings.” We are sentient beings, spiritual beings, physical beings and emotional beings. Normally, we don’t sit around all day [...]
Separation or Divorce: The “No Surprise” Ending
We all know the story or some version of it: A couple decides to separate, they hire attorneys, end up in court and everyone loses one way or the other. [...]
Separation or Divorce – The Emotional Divorce
The decision to seek a divorce or separation is in most cases, a difficult one. It is often preceded by months (if not years) of contemplation and thought. Your mind [...]