Finding Closure – (Saying “Goodbye”) Ever caught the song 50 Ways to Say Goodbye, by Train? If you’ve never really heard the words, take a quick listen to the lyrics; even divorce professionals can’t help but laugh out loud. In it, a man tells the story of his girlfriend leaving him. He decides that he …
Seven Top Tech Tools to Reduce Your Stress Let’s face it – we live in a digital world. I don’t know about you, but as a middle-aged woman, I entered this new world kicking and screaming. Sure, the Millennials, or whatever our young cohorts are known as these days, grew up with computers and are …
Seven Tips for Confessing a Secret You’ve finally decided that it’s time to share the secret that you’ve held close for so long, but that’s been consuming your thoughts for years. Perhaps it’s about your identity. Maybe it’s admitting to a loved one that you served time in prison when you were young. Or that …
Divorce in the Workplace Is Your Divorce Seeping Into Your Work? I don’t need to tell you that divorce is an extremely stressful and painful experience. It bleeds into every aspect of your life. It should come as no surprise, then, that it impacts on your work life, lowering your productivity and depressing the morale …
Can You Handle a Second Child? So your perfect first born is now nearing two years of age, and you’re starting to feel those yearnings again for a newborn. But are you ready for a second child? There is a reason why moms of multiple children laugh at moms with just one, joking that having …
A Second Chance I used to see it often in my friends who were young and not yet married. They would date and break up with the same person repeatedly. As their friend, it was exhausting riding their roller coaster of emotions. But now that I am older, my friends are rarely just dating. Usually …
How to Deal With Devastating News I hosted a back yard picnic and pool party at the end of this summer with four of my long-term staff members and their families. Looking around, I was happy to see all of their smiling faces as their young children frolicked in my pool and nibbled on hot …
Ten Healthy Tips to DeStress We all endure stressful times. Whether you simply have too much on your plate or are undergoing the trauma of something like divorce, stress is a fact of life. For me, when I joyfully gave birth to my second child, the stress quickly mounted as I juggled caring for a …
Stress Makes People Stupid It does. Stress impedes clear thinking and causes us to act on our hearts, rather than our heads. It makes us sick, as our blood pressure rises, our weight increases, and our adherence to our good exercise habits decreases. We engage in more harmful behaviors, like smoking, drinking, drugging, and eating …
Appropriate Gift For A Recently Divorced Friend Someone asked me to advise her of a good Christmas gift for her recently divorced friend. Because I spend all of my work time helping folks who are dissolving their marriages, I get this question up-close-and-personal. It’s a great question. And there is a library full of good …
