How Being a Stepmom Prepared Me for Co-Parenting After My Divorce

Before I was divorced, before I became a mother biologically, I was a stepmom. This was not an easy role to tackle. As a stepparent, I fel...

Financial Incompatibility Can Cost You

A recent MONEY survey revealed that 10 to 40% of all married and cohabiting couples are in the dark about each other's retirement plan...

How to Trust That You Can Trust Again

Jenny was only 18-years-old, and my heart ached to see her cry over the loss of her first love. It was one year after it had ended, and he...

5 Strategies for Embracing Change

Few people thrive on change. In fact, most of us find change to be incredibly stressful. However, resisting change never works to our bene...

Why I Don't Want to Be Just the 'Ex-Wife'

My four year-old daughter still calls me "Daddy's wife." I haven't figured out the right response to that, really. Wou...

Life With Kids... After Divorce

I grew up with divorced parents. At the time, there was a stigma attached to it and I felt it keenly. I did everything I could to hide the...

It Gets Better

"Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And ...

5 Questions You Must Ask Yourself Before a First Date

First dates can be pretty nerve-racking. We can find ourselves plagued with fears and worries because we don't know what to really exp...

In Defense Of Being Alone

Recently, someone questioned my affinity for red wine. My answer, like most of my answers, was probably not at all what they expected. ...

My Experience as a Mistress

I never imagined myself as a mistress. About a year ago, I found myself divorced, with a wage decrease and a rent increase all in the same...

10 Liberating Reasons to Celebrate Your Divorce With a Party

Once upon a time, the word "divorce" was only uttered in a whisper. Divorced people were treated as if they had some horrible di...

How to Win More Time with Your Kids This Summer

Children all over the U.S. are finishing school and making plans for the summer. For families going through a divorce, this normally relax...

A Holistic Approach to Beating Breakup Blues

With a business all about breakups and moving on, I meet a lot of people who have different perspectives on how to heal heartbreak, and a...

Why You Should Date a Man With Baggage

When you find out a guy has been married before, do you hit the brakes? Worry that he may have too much... baggage? I tell you what: You sho...

5 Ways to Help Your Kids Thrive After Divorce

Divorce is prevalent in American culture nowadays. All divorces are painful, but those between parents of small children can be particula...

You're Not Rejected - You're Redirected

We often have a diluted sense of self; we do not see the magnitude of the greatness inside of us. As a result, most people live within the...

How to Avoid Settling

In writing my book, Sweeten the Deal: How to Spot and Avoid the Big Red Flags in Online Dating, I talk a lot about the funny parts of dat...

Breaking News: California Judge Orders Immediate Return of Kelly Rutherford's Children

In 2009, actress Kelly Rutherford entered the Family Court system naively believing that the best interest of her two American child...

8 Ways To Help Your Partner Become A Better Lover

We've all been there. Sex with a mate that is boring or, even worse, plain bad. Perfunctory foreplay , a hand or tongue that never see...

7 Tips for Successful Marriages After Divorce

Following my previous article about the reasons why failed first marriages spell doom for second or even third marriages; I received seve...

Your 'Perfect Partner' Isn't Supposed to Be Perfect

My first husband and I divorced after 11 years. I believed that getting a divorce would end my problems with him. Big surprise! Divorce ...

What My Divorce Taught Me About Quitting

Tomorrow I will load up my backpack with sharpened number #2 pencils and brand new textbooks and head off, once again, to begin yet anothe...