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The Lies Divorcing People Tell … And What to Do About Them
-{4 minutes to read} Early conversations about divorce can be inflammatory and emotional. In fact, they often are not conversations…
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Love in the time of COVID
-This week we bring you Love in the time of COVID, an article from the August/September issue of the Purist, a Hamptons,…
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Mediating Your Divorce Online: From Home
-{6 minutes to read} The Challenges and Gifts of On-Line Divorce Mediation Mediating from Home Divorce is discomforting. Traversing divorce…
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Trauma and Divorce: What Good Parents Need to Know (Part IV)
-{6 minutes to read} Why is the topic of trauma important in divorce? Why is it important to parents? What…
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Making Sense of Alimony — Question 3
-{5 minutes to read} The current series of blogs is exploring three frequently asked questions regarding alimony. This article discusses…
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Children: Damage by Divorce Is Not Mandated — Part 2
-{4 minutes to read} Building on the recent blog series called Three Parenting Mistakes Good Parents Make, this article turns…
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What Robert Lee Can Teach Us About “ED” — And It Is Not What You Think
-{6 minutes to read} Words that end in “ed” often come up in couples therapy and divorce — I feel…
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Does Your Attorney Fit Your Particular Genotype? Part II
-{4:12 minutes to read} In my last blog , I looked at…
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Does Your Attorney Fit Your Particular Genotype? Part I
-{3:12 minutes to read} Lawyers are like organs. They come in all shapes and sizes and have a purpose. However,…
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Pathology Pointing: Why it Doesn’t Work in Divorce
-What is the difference between Pollyannaism and a Balanced Realism Approach? {4:36 minutes to read} Pathology Pointing Our western medical…
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Changing the Other vs Leaving Them Alone
-Things would work, if only s/he would change {7:36 minutes to read} Many relationships seem to have to do with…
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Ode to Validation: The Actual Contents of the Milk of Human Kindness
-The Path to Validation Is Through Our Ears {6:48 minutes to read} Validation is the yeast of a marriage. Without…
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Validation—How We Speak Is How We Love
-{4:24 minutes to read} There is a saying that goes, “In heaven, there’s no talking, because men invented heaven.” OK,…
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Why People Divorce: The Breakdown That Precedes the Breakup
-{4:12 minutes to read} As a divorce mediator, I’m often asked: Why do people get divorced? What went wrong? Money…
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Creating a Healthy Divorce Narrative for your Kids
-There are a lot of recommendations about how to tell your children you are getting divorced. This article concentrates on…
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The Progression Of The Species
-“Before you speak ask yourself: Is it kind, Is it necessary, Is it true, Does it improve upon the silence?”…
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A Communication Template For Divorced Parents
-Communicating is riddled with potholes. This is particularly so for divorced couples whose relationship may be strained with distrust, unresolved…
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The Power Of “I Don’t Know”
-“Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing, for the known way is an impasse.” Heraclitus There is nothing like divorce…
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The Four Styles Of Communication
-In recent blogs, we’ve been exploring communication. In this blog we will simply identify the four basic styles of communication.…
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The Case For Clear Communication – Part 4b
-Using Communication Responsibly and Effectively After inquiring and centering within, you are prepared to venture without. Without Once you have…
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The Case for Clear Communication – Part 4a
-Using Communication Responsibly and Effectively As our spiritual masters teach us, as within, so without. For our purposes, I will…
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The Case For Clear Communication – Part 3
-“The Verbal Eye Roll/ The Shakespearian Aside” Having covered venting in the previous blog, let’s look at another form of…
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The Case For Clear Communication – Part 2
-In the last blog, we looked at the importance of effective communication, distinguishing it from self expression. Self expression can…
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The Case For Clear Communication
-I’ve heard it said that in heaven there is no need for speech because everyone is completely fulfilled. Here on…