Divorce is chock full of misinformation. People come into my office with all sorts of beliefs and expectations about a divorce. Many search online. Or talk to friends, relatives, acquaintances who went through a divorce or knows someone who did. The truth is that...
As kids head off to school this time of year, I am reminded of a saying I came across many years ago. It said parents should give their children both “roots and wings.” This really helped me navigate the challenging yet so rewarding twists and turns of raising kids. ...
Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change. -Wayne Dyer When we insist on things going a certain way or a person acting how we want them to, we disempower ourselves. Maybe you didn’t get that job or promotion. Or a family member is acting...
If you’re thinking about divorce, you might be concerned about things getting nasty while paying piles of money to lawyers. Many people don’t do these 3 things and the divorce often ends up costing much more than it needs to. Here are 3 things you can do right now to...
I can’t help but look around and see groups of people walking together while staring at their cell phones. What is going on? Am I the only one who is concerned about this? And I get it. We can share entertaining memes or videos. Sure. There’s that, of course. ...
Even if you’re already divorced, things often change. Perhaps your child is now headed to college and your ex refuses to help contribute to the college costs. Or maybe you’ve been paying alimony and you find out your ex has been essentially living with her new...
Generally speaking, emotional resilience is when we are able to effectively cope with stressful or unexpected situations and crises. When we build emotional resilience, we can access our innate inner strength that helps us rebound from a difficult setback or...
It is inevitable that we will be disappointed or hurt by a friend or someone we love. We often expect them to know what we want. But what I've learned is that we can choose to create the relationships we want by letting people know what we want and need from them....
If you’ve been struggling and find it difficult to manage day-to-day, you may have considered therapy to help. A good therapist can make a big difference and help you significantly in moving forward. But a bad therapist can make things much worse or be...
I know I have written a lot lately about how to calm our emotional responses when interacting with the people closest to us. This is because not only do I see it happen time and time again, leading to everything from hurt feelings to bitter endings of relationships,...
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