DIVORCE CAN SEEM LIKE AN OVERWHELMING EXPERIENCE. But there are ways of coping with the stages of grief in divorce. Divorce is one of the most difficult life events and it has a profound impact on your mental health. Whether or not you initiated the divorce,...
While most people learn how to speak at a very young age, very few of us learn how to truly communicate—especially during conflict! We make demands and accusations, shift the blame, and spend more time defending ourselves than we do listening. As you can imagine, none...
According to a major study by CDC-Kaiser Permanente in the 1990s, going through a divorce is considered an adverse childhood experience (ACE), which is linked to significant health complications in later life. To a parent who is currently going through a divorce, this...
Many couples choose to stay together “for the kids,” but in reality, a toxic marriage can be far more harmful than a healthy divorce. Even if divorce is the best option for you, you may be hesitant about the negative effects of divorce on your children. After all,...
Deciding whether to stay together or file for divorce can be agonizing. In the words of author and therapist Mira Kirshenbaum, you might feel like things are “too good to leave, too bad to stay.” This ambivalence often leads couples to wonder if there is a...
The process of getting a divorce is an emotionally turbulent time—regardless of your finances. However, when you have a large amount of property to divide between the two of you, the stakes are considerably higher (not to mention more complex!). As a result, high net...
