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What I Wish I Had Known Before My Own Divorce
Going through divorce is like no other traumatizing life-crisis you may have ever experienced. You don’t know what might be coming next or what you will be faced with going forward. I don’t believe that any of us (even if there were some red flags) got married...
10 Tips for Co-Parenting During the Holidays
Divorce and co-parenting are stressful enough, but when you add another layer of the holiday schedule, it can create even more frustration and challenging moments. Here's how to make co-parenting during the holidays a little bit easier. It seems that the first year or...
5 Tips When Divorcing a High-Conflict Spouse
Are you learning that you may be divorcing a high-conflict spouse? Maybe you didn’t realize how bad your situation was until your marriage began to unravel.
How Pre-Mediation Coaching Can Save You Time, Money and Your Sanity
Pre-mediation coaching helps you to understand everyone’s role, how to have realistic expectations, prepare you, and reduce anxiety and fears.
Why the Divorce Process Can Take So Long – Tips to Make It Through
I was talking with one of my coaching clients this morning about her divorce process and she expressed how frustrated she was and said "Why is this taking so long?" Although the past few years, with Covid, caused huge delays in the court system, we seem to be able to...
Don’t Use Your Attorney as Your Divorce Coach or Therapist
When my world came crashing down and I realized that I was headed down a road I had never traveled, the first thing I did was retain a divorce attorney. I was angry, I was afraid, and I felt alone. What else was I supposed to do? Looking back, I wish I had waited...
Is Divorce the Best Option for You?
One of my divorce coaching clients, I’ll call her Natalie, is struggling with knowing if divorce is the best option 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...
Boundary Setting with a Co-Parent Who Does Not Respect Boundaries
Co-parenting can create a great deal of stress regardless of whether you’re dealing with a cooperative co-parent or a high conflict ex. The stress is not only between you and your co-parent, but it extends to your children as well. Being able to set good boundaries...
Do You Love Your Children More Than You Dislike Your EX?
This seems like such a simple question with an obvious answer, so why is it so hard for parents to separate how they feel emotionally about their ex from being the best co-parent they can be? The biggest challenge is that you met this person, you fell in love with...