The Importance of Empathy
In the midst of the world shutting down so that we, as a society, “flatten the curve” of the spread of the Coronavirus, rather than become depressed and lethargic, I got busy.
Collaborative Divorce
Small World Palms Everywhere
I visited a jeweler the other day at a little shop just around the corner from Yoko’s, the sushi restaurant that my husband and I had frequented.
Collaborative Option Building
Brainstorming (or option building) ideas is a crucial component of the collaborative process. Collaborative practice provides an open environment that encourages everyone on the team to participate.
Plane Delay
The poor guy waiting for the plane to Orlando to board had three little kids, all five years old and under, two clearly still in diapers. All of us headed to Florida had already been delayed.
You Can Never Go Home Again… Can You?
When my daughter left for college, I was relieved. Her last two years in high school had been excruciating. She tended to take the opposing position to anything I said, in painful contrast to the child she had been, when, among other lovely habits.
Hanlon’s Razor
As first seen on the Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals website Hanlon’s Razor I love this. “Hanlon’s Razor states that we should not attribute to malice that which is more easily explained by stupidity.” In a complex world, this principle helps us avoid extreme paranoia and ideology, often very hard to escape from, by not …
Can COVID-19 Impact My Custody?
Can COVID-19 Impact My Custody? As if nurses and doctors aren’t dealing with enough already, now they have to worry about losing their parental rights in the middle of all this mania. In fact, at least one emergency room physician laboring on the frontlines in our fight against the coronavirus has had her child custody …
Why Are We So Stressed? Floridian’s Stress Levels Rank High.
Floridians’ Stress Levels Rank High Among U.S. States According to a recent study by WalletHub, Florida is the 11th most stressed state in the country. But there’s more to this story. In determining stress levels, researchers analyzed the following criteria: average hours of work per week, the percentage of adults getting adequate sleep, percentage of …
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Kids Don’t Choose to Divorce; Divorce Collaboratively
Learn more about collaborative divorce. Follow Open Palm Law. Facebook-f Twitter Linkedin-in Youtube Need advice now? Contact Joryn! About this week’s author, Joryn Jenkins. Joryn, attorney and Open Palm Founder, began her own firm here in Tampa after a 14-year career in law, two of which she served as a professor of law at Stetson …
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Divorce is Never Free, But It Can Be Reasonable
Even in the easiest divorce, there are expenses. Splitting one household into two always results in higher expenses for each person. Even if the couple comes to an agreement on their own, there are court filing fees and other unavoidable costs. The simplest divorce is actually more expensive than the simplest marriage! And most divorces …
