3 Tips for Facing the New Year on your Own

As you begin moving forward into the New Year, you might be considering separation, be in the process of divorce or facing the need to make plans to start living on your own for the first time in many years. When dealing with the multitude of changes that are coming your way, it’s valuable to […]

Co-Parenting with a Frosty Ex during the Holidays

For many parents who are divorced or in the process of going through divorce, holidays are especially challenging to navigate through without losing your cool. As you begin to prepare for the holidays by filling up your freezer full of turkey and pies, it is also wise to prepare ahead of time for the hot-button […]

Five Key Signs of Parental Alienation

Parental alienation is a problem that most often arises when parents engage in bitter and extended child custody litigation. Although intense feelings of anger and mistrust are common when parents are  beginning to transition from the tidal wave of emotions surrounding divorce into a co-parenting relationship, most parents experience less anger and anxiety over time […]

Is Your Divorce on Life Support?

Many women and men ask me, “Why is my divorce taking so long?” They also want to know, “What can I do to help things go more smoothly and cost less money?” I usually find that there are 3 Key Reasons Why you are Stuck in a Divorce that is not moving forward. 1.   You […]

Is Divorce Short Circuiting Your Health?

Can the emotional firestorm you are experiencing during divorce make you sick? Not only can divorce make you sick emotionally, it can definitely impact your health in many negative ways. In his book, Deadly Emotions, Don Colbert, M.D. explains that “The body cannot differentiate between stress that physical factors cause and stress that emotional factors […]

3 Ways to Communicate with a Difficult Ex

By Nancy Kay Does your stomach churn at the thought of having to communicate with your ex?  Would you rather clean out a 45 gallon fish tank than contact your ex about the kids’ holiday schedule? Many former spouses continue to experience significant difficulties in the ways that they communicate with each other which spark […]