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 …
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Discovering that your spouse has been unfaithful is difficult, to say the least. You are likely feeling deceived and therefore angry, as well as wounded by his actions. You are probably depressed about the future and what his infidelity might mean for your marriage, for your children, and …
Are We Destined for Divorce? In countries like India, divorce rates are on the rise. According to Jesna Sivasankar, a psychologist who practices there, divorces are becoming even more common for those with high-stress careers like doctors and those working in the IT sector.The lack of emotional connection between couples is a major factor behind …
Step-Grands: Put the Past in the Past Are you the child of a blended family who wasn’t treated so well by your stepparent during your childhood? As you grow up and have your own children, it may feel natural to lash out at that stepparent, to prevent your own children from enjoying a healthy relationship …
Focus Forward, Never Back In practicing collaboratively, we focus our clients on the future. Fixing your attention on how you want your life to look five years from now is a positive and optimistic endeavor that inevitably uplifts your spirits, especially when the present is an upheaval of divorce-related stress and anxiety-provoking decisionmaking. And making …
Lessons of High Profile Divorces High profile celebrities and business moguls who find themselves getting divorced have more than most of us to lose. Financially, they are likely to have more assets to divvy up. But socially, because of their prestige, they must also deal with the whole world being interested in their private business. …
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 …
How to Deal With Devastating News I hosted a back yard picnic and pool party
Ten Healthy Tips to DeStress We all endure stressful times. Whether you simply have too
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