Divorce is very traumatizing, but if you allow yourself to heal and utilize available support, you can emerge happier than ever before. This may sound far-fetched and kinda cheesy now, but bear with me a bit. Focus on these four stages of divorce recovery, and you can emerge on the other side. During the initial […]
Coping with Divorce
5 Tips for Using Your Divorce Coach More Effectively
Divorcing couples are increasingly using financial and mental health support services to navigate what can be a very difficult and draining process. Divorce coaches are mental-health professionals that have received specialized training to help couples manage emotions, strengthen communication, facilitate conflict, and create plans to meet unique family needs. Usually, divorce coaches are part of […]
Dealing with Divorce: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Let’s face it: life is not perfect, and dealing with divorce is difficult. One day you could be standing at the altar with your best friend saying “I do” and a few months later sitting in a lawyer’s office saying “I don’t.” For thousands of Americans, divorce is far from a light subject, but how […]
Pets and Divorce: A Florida Law Primer
With all the different personal and financial issues that must be addressed during the divorce process, sometimes family pets can be an afterthought. When a spouse comes into a relationship with a pet, it can be somewhat straightforward as to who will maintain possession over the pet following the end of the relationship; however, when […]
Coping with Divorce Stress? Here’s How Meditation Can Help
Coping with divorce and stressed to the max? Meditation gives you control over your untrained, monkey chatter mind. Here’s how to meditate during divorce.
You Are Divorced and Feeling Lost: 9 Tips for Self-Care
You’ve gone through divorce and it’s natural that you are feeling sad, disappointed, betrayed, or even hopeless. These are the times when everything you hoped for and believed in become lost. You don’t know what to do or what the future will bring. This is a difficult state of limbo that brings out many of […]
Co-Parenting After Divorce: Learn to Let Go of Things
Co-parenting after a divorce is like learning a new dance. You’ve been parenting with your spouse for your child’s entire life and now it’s completely different. One home becomes two. There are new routines and new relationships to manage. You and your co-parent make take very different approaches on how to handle these changes, and […]
5 Signs You Might Not Be Ready to Date Again
Being fresh out of a marriage or long-term relationship is SO hard. You feel incredibly raw and vulnerable. Sometimes you feel that sadness, fear, and loneliness may swallow you up whole. Understandably, you are seeking outside interests to help get your mind off of these painful feelings. What can you do? One of the ways […]
The One Thing You Should Not Do During a Divorce
Divorce can take you to the edge. The fight-or-flight response takes over, and emotions run wild. Everything that was once familiar begins to come apart; finger-pointing reaches an all-time high. The undercurrent of the thought “do something, make it stop” seems to compel action. This may include hiring an attorney, sending a scathing e-mail, or […]
Pet Visitation: Is It Worth the Trouble?
When it comes to pets, particularly dogs, people consider them to be a part of the family and are reluctant to part ways during a divorce. As a result, pet visitation clauses have become increasingly common. The problem is pet visitation clauses often become more trouble than they are worth, particularly when a divorce is […]
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