Posts belonging to Category Emotions
Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on January 17, 2012
Child abusers are masters of deception. They often disguise their abuse with careers of service, such as children’s ministry, or church, or school. They also conceal their character by attaching themselves to people whose reputations are beyond repute. People seem to assume that people with great character will only have those with great character around [...]
Categories: Children & Divorce, Emotions, home, Legal, Love & Relationships
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on January 9, 2012
As a family lawyer, I often deal with abuse that is difficult, if not impossible to prove. The divorce lawyer faces many obstacles in dealing with this. First, many people don’t fully appreciate the abuse they are suffering because it is so subtle. Second, the abused person often feels either responsible or so embarrassed that [...]
Categories: Collaborative Divorce, Divorce, Divorce Lawyers, Emotions, Love & Relationships, Tips
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on November 28, 2011
Divorce negotiation is a tricky thing. It is much more complicated than a business negotiation because of the emotions involved. It is also made difficult by the fact that few married people can negotiate at what we call “arms length.” Each party has emotional leverage on the other. Most often, one party has superior emotional [...]
Categories: Collaborative Divorce, Divorce, divorce court, Divorce Lawyers, Do-It-Yourself Divorce, Emotions, How to Divorce, Mediation, Settlement, Tips
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on November 14, 2011
Lawyers are taught that they are to rely upon “precedent” in advising their clients and presenting their cases. “Precedent” means that the matter has been decided a certain way before by a court of authority and it should be decided that way again. But the truth of the matter is that precedent seems to do [...]
Categories: Divorce, divorce court, Divorce Laws, Divorce Lawyers, Divorce Statistics, Emotions, Financial, How to Divorce, Legal, Tips
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on November 7, 2011
Tomorrow, Mississippi Voters go to the polls to vote on a Constitutional Amendment declaring “personhood” to start at conception. The Initiative is quoted below as it will appear on the ballot: “Initiative #26 would amend the Mississippi Constitution to define the word “person” or “persons”, as those terms are used in Article III of the [...]
Categories: Child Custody, Emotions, Financial, Legal
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Posted by Lawyer - Mari Frank on November 3, 2011
When you have a challenge in your love relationship you have only four choices: 1. Change yourself (this requires introspection and self-honesty); 2. Negotiate for modifications (this necessitates effective listening and a demonstration of understanding); 3. Leave the relationship (if you have tried the first two, including professional guidance to no avail); 4. Don’t do [...]
Categories: Emotions, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Mediation, Stress, Tips
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on October 31, 2011
A wide range of complicated legal issues sit upon the horizon in the clash between States that allow rights for gays and States that don’t. The wall seems to have fallen blocking gay marriage, and those married in States where it is legal will be moving into States where it is not. With regard to [...]
Categories: Children & Divorce, Divorce, divorce court, Divorce Laws, Divorce Lawyers, Emotions, Legal, Marriage, Separation
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Posted by Life Coach - Jamie Cicerelle on October 26, 2011
I have found that what divorcing people want most, next to healthy, thriving children, is to be at peace and happy again. They want to end their suffering and feel better; shed the anger, pain, anxiety and stress that often come with dissolving a marriage. Having peace of mind and being happy with your life [...]
Categories: Emotions, Stress
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Posted by Therapist - Loriann Oberlin on October 12, 2011
New to blogging here — but I’d like to share an edited excerpt from my book Surviving Separation and Divorce: A Woman’s Guide to Regaining Control, Building Strength & Confidence and Securing a Financial Future (second edition) by Loriann Oberlin, MS While written for women long before I began second career in mental health, I [...]
Categories: Emotions, Infidelity, Love & Relationships, Separation, Stress, Tips, Uncategorized
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Posted by Coach - Judith Geiger on September 12, 2011
“Have you seen “The Beast” grandma? I cannot find him anywhere!” This is the message I heard on our answering machine from my frantic three year old granddaughter. She had misplaced her good friend, a stuffed Disney character from Beauty and the Beast. The shock and disbelief that her good friend had vanished is often [...]
Categories: Divorce, Emotions
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