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Can Pre-Mediation Coaching Really Make a Difference?
I’ve conducted many divorce and child custody mediations and I see so many successes, but there are some failures, and here is what can help prevent that.
Three Tips for Success in Setting Co-Parenting Boundaries
By Karen Dorsey When you’re going to be sharing parenting time with your ex, working on a new dynamic of how your family relationship is going to look can create a huge amount of stress. Here are three tips to help you get started down this new and often challenging...
How Do You Know When It’s Time to Divorce
One of my divorce coaching clients, I’ll call her Natalie, is struggling with knowing if divorce is the right answer for her. She has worked hard at taking all of the necessary steps to create an action plan – getting all the financial documents together, figuring out...
How Co-Parenting Coaching Can Help You Before, During and After Divorce
By Karen Dorsey, M.Ed., CDC®, Certified Co-Parenting Specialist Co-parenting after the end of your relationship or divorce can be difficult even under the best of circumstances. This is not how most parents planned on raising their children – in two homes!...
Do’s and Don’ts on How to Tell People You’re Divorcing
By Karen Dorsey, M.Ed., CDC® Is getting divorced a reality for you now? Are you worried - maybe even paranoid about sharing the details of your divorce? What if you’re in a high conflict divorce - it’s even more critical to know what to tell people about your...
5 Tips for Successful Co-Parenting During the Summer
By Karen Dorsey, M.Ed., CDC®, Certified Co-Parenting Specialist Summer is almost here and it can be a time of freedom and fun for families. For children of divorced or separated parents, it can be a time of anxiety, stress, sadness and change without the structure of...
7 Common Financial Mistakes to Avoid In Your Divorce
Divorce affects people on every level. Quite frankly, it has the potential to be a complete disaster from a financial perspective since it’s easy to make some costly financial mistakes.
The 3 Biggest Reasons Why We Don’t Leave
Why is it so hard to leave when you know your marriage is not going to work? You stay... Even when your husband tells you he wants a divorce. You stay… Even when you know your husband has had an affair or is currently having an affair. You stay… Even when he’s cutting...
10 Ways to Really Save Money in the Divorce Process
Money and how much does divorce really costs seems to be on everyone’s mind when divorcing. Here are 10 ways to save money on your divorce that you might not have thought of… 1. You will want to have a clear understanding of what the professionals you hire are doing...