Having “the divorce conversation” sucks. It doesn’t matter whether you are the person who is breaking the news that you want a divorce, or the person who is listening in disbelief as your spouse tells you that your marriage is over. Either way, you are in pain. How to tell your spouse that you want a […]
How NOT to Tell Your Kids You are Getting a Divorce
Telling your spouse you want a divorce is hard. Telling your kids you are getting a divorce is a hundred times harder. As an adult, you know what divorce is going to do to your kids’ lives. You know it is going to change everything. You know it is going to hurt them. You want […]
Why Knowing Your Family Finances is Important in Marriage
While people divorce for many reasons, two key factors that cause marriages to fail are lack of communication and money. Surprisingly, a recent study found that, even though 72% of married couples believed that they communicated well, and an even higher percentage believed they could talk to their spouse about money, 43% didn’t know how […]
How to Talk to Your Ex About the Kids
If you are like a lot of people, talking to your ex after you are divorced is the last thing you really want to do. But, if you have kids, you are going to have to talk to your ex whether you like it or not. As long as your kids are young, you are […]
Dealing with Difficult People in Divorce
How to Respond to Your High Conflict Ex. When your ex sends you a barrage of angry text messages, calling you vile names and accusing you of every horrible act known to mankind, what do you do? When you get the three page, single-spaced email rant that is filled with all kinds of half-truths and […]
5 Tips for Making Difficult Conversations With Your Ex Easier
We have all had them. You know … the conversations that you rehearse over and over in your head 1000 times before you actually face the person you need to talk with. The conversations that you dread so much that you would rather clean your entire basement, and your garage, rather than have them? You […]