divorce

Should You Be Friends with Your Ex?

Probably not. I co-parent with one of my exes. We are amicable, polite. Not friends. I worked with one of my exes for over a year. I...

Dating With Kids: 3 Rules for Introducing Your New Partner To Your Kids

Dating is incredibly hard. Add a child or children and a baby daddy or momma and you’re looking at incredibly hard times four (or five or...

10 Practical Tips to Help Your Marriage Avoid Divorce

There’s no guarantee a marriage will “make” it, but there are ways to help you keep divorce at bay. If I’d known how awful divorce was...

Why Second Marriages Can Be So Much Better

Because what you learn from a divorce can be a gift. My husband and I have been married for about a year and a half, and it’s been the...

How to Define Boundaries After Your Divorce When You Have Children

Boundaries are for you, not for the other person, so these were the boundaries I set for ME following my divorce. My ex-husband and I...

Practical Steps to Help You Get over Your Divorce

The duration, intensity, and the frequency of your feelings around your divorce WILL lessen — if you put in some work. Disclosure: This...

What to Know About Dating While Your Divorce Is Pending

These are the things you need to know and be aware of before/while you do. It took eleven months for my divorce to be finalized. The last...

Should You Get Divorced? 5 Reasons You Should

I wouldn’t wish a divorce on my worst enemy, but we all deserve happiness. Sometimes that’s not possible with the person you're married...

How to Survive a Marital Separation If You Want to Reconcile

It’s hard and it’s painful, but here are tips to help you handle it the best you can. In my state of Tennessee, it was not required that...