A guest post from Dr. Karen Finn: When you got married, chances are it was a happy occasion and you had dreams of “Happily Ever After.” Leaving the idea of “Happily Ever After” and getting to the point in a marriage when divorce becomes a viable option is usually extremely painful and confusing. …
3 Steps to a Happy Divorce
People spend a lot of time talking about how tobe happy post-divorce. That includes how to move on, date again, co-parent, etc. But what about the time while you're in divorce? Unfortunately divorce can be a long process- sometimes it can take years, God forbid. Here are three easy steps Dr. Lisa …
Divorced Parents Will Fail
If you're a divorced parent, you understand the deep desires to protect your kids, ensure that they have a "normal" upbringing, and that co-parenting or single parenting won't negatively affect them. It's (or it should be) every parent's wish to make sure their kids and taken care of. Especially if …
Getting Over Your Ex
We've written before about the many different ways to get over an ex post-divorce. If you googled the idea, you could probably find 100 different ways from thousands of people who have different ideas about how to move past a messy divorce. So instead of providing a long list, we thought we'd share …
Keys to Trust While Dating- Part 2
A guest post from Dr. Karen Finn: Divorce can shake a person’s ability to trust someone else to the core. Yet, in order for any relationship to thrive, trust is a necessity. In this Part 2 of The 8 Keys to Trust in a Post-Divorce Relationship, I’ll share keys 5-8 on what characteristics must be …
Who Can You Trust?
A guest post from Dr. Karen Finn: Divorce is the result of a betrayal of a trust. A trust we place in another to love, support and care about us. It’s also a trust we encourage our partner to place in us – to trust us to love them, to support them and to care about them. Trust of this magnitude …
Survival Guide
Anyone going through a traumatic circumstance such as a divorce needs an occasional distraction. When your world is ostensibly coming apart at the seams it can consume you if you allow it to do so. …
Update These Documents After Divorce
A guest post by Dr. Karen Finn: When you get divorced there are all kinds of paperwork and documentation you need to update, change, create and just be able to put your hands on at a moment’s notice. It can feel overwhelming to have to deal with all of this on top of the emotional turmoil of …
To Move or Not to Move?
One of the many decisions you must wrestle with during a break-up or divorce is whether to remain in the family home or move out. This is more complicated than it may appear at first. There are a number of considerations. …
There’s Always a Silver Lining
As devastating and stressful as divorce can be, going through it with the right attitude can help us learn and grow. No one gets married planning on a divorce, but far too often it happens. We have a choice at that juncture in life; we can become bitter and depressed, or we can focus on moving …
