Finally, you’re ready to date after divorce and you head out into the dating world (most likely online) hoping to meet a gem. Before you get your heart set on any one man, you need to familiarize yourself with the 5 men you should avoid dating after divorce…absolutely! After getting a divorce and grieving the loss of your marriage and dreams for the future, trust me, these are 5 men you should avoid dating. 1. The Narcissist “I’ve got chills, they’re multiplyin!” And it’s not because I’m listening to the Grease soundtrack but because the idea of dating a narcissist after divorce is sim ..read more

  Mother’s Day isn’t the easiest holiday in the world. Many women around the world are anguished over wanting to be a mother, and the holiday reminds them of this. Some women have lost their children in family court while divorcing a narcissist, and again the day reminds them of this. Other women are stepmothers watching their stepkids leave to see their mothers. Then there are the women who are estranged from their mothers, or the ones with dead mothers. It’s not the easiest day for women anywhere that it is celebrated. If you fall into one of these groups mentioned above, have no ..read more

  Take a look at this list. Does any of it sound familiar? Your co-parent is still controlling, harassing, or using manipulation with you Your co-parent is extra uncooperative, accusatory, confrontational, or trashing you A new partner is interrupting the communication between you and your co-parent or the rules suddenly have changed now that there’s a new partner in their lives Your kids are starting to come back from the other parent’s home unruly, grouchy, disrespectful, withdrawn, or just different, (like…that’s not my kid) Stuck in The Co-Parenting Trap I call this being “caught i ..read more

  What’s going to happen to me now? This is the first thing you think when you find yourself suddenly faced with a divorce. What happens now? The fear of the immediate unknown is overwhelming. And it can be particularly frightening when you are a parent. How am I going to handle all of this on my own? How can I support a family physically, financially, and spiritually? How will I be able to take care of myself too? Will I ever sleep again? I want to answer that for you. Yes, you will handle it and you will be astonished at the strength you have. The first thing you have to ask yourself i ..read more

  Managing kids’ screen time is a thorny issue for any parent, but it can be especially challenging when you’re co-parenting. When your child’s time is split between two households, coordinating your screen time policies can be tough enough, but enforcing them is a separate challenge of its own. So how do you navigate the rapids of your kid’s digital life when you’re sharing custody? Managing Screen Time While Co-Parenting With all the issues facing parents and kids today, it can be tempting to choose hills other than screen time to die on. The reality is that too much screen time can ta ..read more

  “For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks.” Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke did not live in the age of Tinder or Bumble; nor could he likely have envisaged a time when walking down the street meant staring at the top of passersby’s titled heads (text-neck style), eyes fixed downward on a device in the palm of their hands, with masks covering any remaining exposed facial bits. Rilke was born in Prague in 1875 but had he shared this present time on earth with us, he might have instead written that simply finding another human being to love ..read more

  Refreshing your home after a divorce is a great way to move on and let go of your old life and heal yourself after the emotional turmoil that is a divorce. Your home after divorce represents a life you used to have, and while you can’t change all the memories you had there, you can make this place home again. To help you out in your new life, we made up a list of 7 fun ways to refresh your home after divorce. 1. Clean the space thoroughly This should be the first and most obvious step when trying to refresh your home after a divorce. Not only is it logical, but it’s also symbolic as we ..read more

  Sometimes I think I was one in a million. I was raised by a father who was loving, kind, wise, and a true protector. And he encouraged me to be who I actually was, not who he wanted me to be. He allowed me to fail when I needed to so that I could also pick myself up and start over. He did this all while watching me as I grew up, always letting me know he was on the sidelines cheering me on and also there if the fall was so bad I needed help getting up. I never received a judgment on any of my failures growing up. Even in the failure of my marriage. I think I have measured most of the m ..read more

  All who divorce go into divorce with preconceived notions about what the experience will be like. Below I’ve listed some common myths about the divorce process and why you can ignore them or, at the very least keep an open mind about what will happen during your divorce. 7 Myths About Divorce: 1. I Will Need a Divorce Attorney: A divorce attorney is not required to get a divorce. There are options you can choose that will alleviate the need to hire an attorney. Options that could possibly keep your divorce from turning into an all-out battle and keep down expenses. Mediation is a bette ..read more

  The teenage years can be challenging for both a teenager and his or her parents after a divorce. Helping your teenager to make a smooth transition to becoming a more independent person can be complex in a divorced family. Some of the challenges that teens face in divorced families include: going back and forth between two homes, different rules in each house, loyalty conflicts with their parents, moving, dealing with parents dating just as they’re exploring intimate relationships; and possibly adjusting to one or both parents’ remarriage and stepsiblings. Experts advise us that adolesc ..read more