Mediation Questions to Consider
{7 minutes to read} Clients often ask what can they do to prepare for mediation. This article concerns itself with questions mediation candidates might use to prepare for mediation — not so much regarding collecting this receipt or that statement, but in a more comprehensive and holistic way —
Alphabet Soup for the Relational Soul
What is in a word? A lot, I think. Although a rose by any name may smell just as sweet, I find that when I frequently bump into and miswrite the same particular words, it may be alerting me to something.
Feel Better for Real
Age-old, and New Age, wisdom tells us that you get what you focus on. It’s practically common knowledge that the…
Married or Divorced: Are There Any Other Options?
{6 minutes to read} A dear friend of mine has a saying from his Irish grandfather: Married or not: you’ll…
Re-Entering the Workforce Post Divorce Part 4 of 4
{5 minutes to read} Katherine Kirkinis, ED.M., M.A. of Wanderlust Careers, our friend and consultant on this series, routinely works…
Re-Entering the Workforce Post Divorce Part I of 4
{3 minutes to read} Reentering the workforce can be among the most daunting tasks arising out of a divorce. Typically…
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,…
Who Ya Gonna Call? The Mediator!
{6 minutes to read} Help Often people get stuck, flailing about for weeks or decades, trying to figure out what…
What Divorcing Couples Need to Know About Real Property – Part 2
What Happens to Co-Owned Property Upon Divorce? What do Married/Divorcing People Need to Know? {3 minutes to read} Married people…
What Divorcing Couples Need to Know About Real Property
{5 minutes to read} Whether married or divorcing in New York or New Jersey, couples are well advised to familiarize…
Best Practices for On-Line Mediation: Recommended Ground Rules
Mediating Online requires some new guidelines to optimize participants’ experience and maintain the integrity of the mediation process.
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…
Mediating Your Divorce Online: A Good Option in this Time of Court Closures and Social Distancing
{4 minutes to read} In the midst of the Covid crisis, what are divorcing couples — and would-be divorcing couples…
A COVID-19 Tale: From Social Isolation to Social Responsibility
Recently, in this time of COVID-19, I had an experience which I’m sharing as I think it might be useful…
Relocating as Part of Divorce – Part 3
{3 minutes to read} As promised, here we are with our third and final installment on relocation in divorce. The…
Relocating as Part of Divorce — Part 2
{5 minutes to read} What Brings You Comfort in New Place? Relocation tips for the newly single, continued from our…
Relocating as Part of Divorce
{3 minutes to read} A lot of people who divorce find that it requires relocation. Relocating with children is a…
Mediation in the Hamptons Part 2
Focus on Substance v Nonsense (bureaucratic rules, time lines, etc.) Mediation keeps people focused on what is important — their…
Mediation in the Hamptons
{6 minutes to read} Mediation is for everyone, from the most sophisticated families with the most complex finances to the…
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…
Words that Harm and Words that Heal (Part III)
{3 minutes to read} Words that Harm and Heal, Even well-meaning caregivers can miss or botch a critical opportunity to…
Preventing Trauma – A Guide (Part II)
{4 minutes to read} Because trauma is painful, complex and difficult to resolve, what can we do to prevent it?…
What’s the Difference Between Hurt and Trauma? (Part I)
{4 minutes to read} What’s the difference between hurt and trauma and why do divorcing parents need to know? Hurt…
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…
Making Sense of Alimony — Question 2
{3 minutes to read} The current series of blogs is exploring three frequently asked questions regarding alimony. This article discusses…
Making Sense of Alimony — Question 1
{8 minutes to read} Few words in the English language are as loathed as the word “alimony.” Perhaps bankruptcy and…
Are We as Modern as We Think? Gender Role Reversal in Divorce Doesn’t Necessarily Add Up.
{4 minutes to read} What happens when the father is the stay-at-home spouse and the mother is the primary earner?…
To See or Not to See: Discovery in Mediation
{6 minutes to read} In divorce mediation, there are some things that must never be cloaked in mystery or veiled…
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…
Children: Damage by Divorce is Not Mandated
{3:30 minutes to read} A good divorce from a bad marriage may actually be better for children when the alternative…
Divorce Mediation: Respect, Privacy, and Necessary Disclosure
{5 minutes to read} As a mediator, there are subjects about which I would be remiss if I did not…
Mediating in Mystery
{3 minutes to read} How much personal information does your mediator need? Privacy Versus Transparency Every marriage is comprised of…
Three Parenting Mistakes Good Parents Make — Mistake #3
The Third Mistake parents make is speaking negatively about one another in front of their child. Let me widen the…
Three Parenting Mistakes Good Parents Make: Mistake #2
{3 minutes to read} Parents are tasked with becoming artful navigators. They must maintain the role of authority, decision-maker, and caretaker…
Three Parenting Mistakes Good Parents Make — Mistake #1
{5 minutes to read} Both married and divorced parents are capable of good and terrible parenting, and most parenting mistakes…
Five Myths of Mediation
{6 minutes to read} There are 5 common misbeliefs about mediation that may be preventing divorcing people from accessing this…
Should Squirrels Have the Right of Way?
{6 minutes to read} A friend of mine told me a little story about a woman he knew who had…