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How Mediation Can Help You Avoid Cascading Fees in a Divorce
Going the mediation route during a divorce, instead of pursuing litigation, can end up saving you thousands. You’ll also be able to get back to your life sooner, s ...
Sorting Finances After Divorce: Creating a Budget
Creating a post-divorce budget can save you time, money, and stress in the future.Divorce is exhausting, and by the time it’s all said and done you may find y ...
Co-Parenting: How to End or Avoid Arguments
End the emotional turmoil by avoiding confrontation with your co-parentNo one said that divorce would be easy. Although many people look forward to the legal dis ...
Badmouthing Your Ex to Your Friends? Here’s How It Could Hurt You
Language drives how we think and view the world around us. And changing how you speak about your ex-partner can change your attitude towards your co-parenting relati ...
Co-Parenting: Exercises for Active Listening
Improve communication issues with your co-parenting partner through active listeningListening seems like a natural process; an innate sense that doesn’t need t ...
Tips for Divorce Mediators: Communicating Your Fees
Educating potential clients about the value a mediator provides is an important part of the cost quote process ...
We All Lose Our Temper—Here’s How to Apologize
Apologies come in a variety of shapes and sizes—and some of them aren't the right shape, nor the right size. If you want to make a sincere apology, here are some h ...
How to Get Closure: Life After Divorce
Finding closure and peace of mind in the wake of a break-upDivorce is usually one of the hardest life experiences for both the separating couple and the entire f ...
Looking at *bleeping* Mother’s Day (as a Step Parent)
I have lots of feelings about Mother’s Day. I am always blown away by how emotional I am on this day. Just to be clear, I don’t have a traumatic history with Mot ...
Here’s why Your Marriage Wasn’t a Failure
Dominique Andersen is the founder of STRETCH+BLOOM, where she helps unfulfilled high-achieving women reinvent their lives. As a divorcee herself, she's a strong beli ...
Co-Parenting with the Worst Kind of Ex: The Narcissist
1. How to recognize you are co-parenting with a narcissist and how to deal with one Guest blogger Alexa, from A Mommy Writes blog, wrote an article for The Family ...