How Should I Talk About My Ex's New Partner To My Kids?

Reader Reeling writes, I'm very curious about the introduction of a "person of interest" to kids when one parent is leaving ...

His Hands: Love and Loss After Divorce

On our first date he sat across the booth from me at Outback Steak House and over a Blooming Onion he said, "I bet you've never d...

To Fall In Love After Divorce

I think it's safe to say that most people assume she is mean-spirited and dangerous, but they don't see the side of her that I do....

My Parents Didn't Support My Divorce, Here's What I Said

When I was unhappily married, I kept my feelings secret for many years, hoping that I would snap out of it. On the inside, I was sufferi...

Survive Your Way to Stellar

"You can only do the best you can do. Sometimes that is survival and sometimes that is stellar. And that's okay." This has...

Redefining Divorce: A Tribute to a Husband Before He Moves Out (Part 1)

Redefining Divorce: A Tribute to My Husband Before He Moves Out. : Part 1 (of 3) The Beginning. The Beginning, Fall Semester- 1999 One...

A Thank You to the Ex-Mother-in-Law Who Didn't Like Me

My ex-MIL and I had a terrible relationship. It was the cause of many fights between my ex-husband and me and created great stress. I'...

Being a Single Mom Sucks

I used to make fun of that saying, "it takes a village to raise a child," but it's true. You may not need a whole entire nei...

Divorce and Fear: How to Cope

As mediation day approaches, my anxiety rises. This, of course helps no one, least of all me. So, I work on that; daily, hourly. I breathe...

10 Key Things I Learned While Dating After Divorce

When we said our wedding vows or made our commitments to our partners we never imagined that one day we'd be facing separation and div...

Competing for the Kids

Most of the divorced with kids crowd will have played the "competition game" before. Some play competitive all the time. Experts...

Is the King Solomon Story Really About Mediating or Judging?

Recently, an "Arbitrator, Adjudicator, and ADR Practitioner" posted the following discussion in the ADR, Conflict Resolution and...

A Year Post-Divorce: A Positive Perspective

Last Friday night found me at one of my favorite places: the ballpark. I wasn't watching the major leaguers, though; I was watching th...

5 Things I Wish My Mom Told Me About Love

Growing up as the only girl in a household full of boys, the only daughter of very young parents, we just didn't talk about things lik...

My Husband And I Haven't Had Sex Since 2008 -- And We Couldn't Be Happier

When Clare first met her husband they had a great sex life. Now they haven't made love for years, but couldn't be more content with ...

Dear Son And Daughter

Dear Son and Daughter, Consider this a fair warning, do NOT try and manipulate your father and me. Yes we are divorced and we don'...

How Family Law Attorneys Tend to Think, Part I

On April 23, 2015, I read an article titled " Solid negotiation skills crucial for family lawyers," which I felt was an importa...

Forget Co-Parenting With a Narcissist and Do This Instead

Things I found myself saying during therapy sessions this week: It sounds like there's no middle-ground, and this causes you to altern...

How Unexpected Reminders Can Change Your Life

Who would have thought that one of the more poignant things I've heard in a long time, would be in a Petco commercial? Rewind... I...