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One of the dangers of going through a divorce while you’re trying ride out a sickness or injury is that you might feel helpless and fail to meet needs for control and autonomy. Even if you can “outthink” your problems and find people to meet your crucial needs in the...
In middle of May, an awful series of wildfires scorched Southern California, burning many houses in towns like Carlsbad and forcing the closure of literally dozens of school districts. What can this awful event (or perhaps, better put, series of events) teach us about...
What drives couples apart, and what strategies help them to stay together? Pick up any tabloid, open any blog about marriage and family, or talk to any random person on the street, and you be assailed with passionate opinions. Unfortunately, parsing truth from fiction...
Whether your husband left you after one too many quarrels over the kids’ nighttime routine or your spouse just walked out on you and your family one day at work, never to return, you are feeling awful, depressed, confused, and angry. The idea that this divorce – or...
In our last five posts, we discussed strategies and tactics for how to talk to other people about your divorce. But perhaps the most important conversations you will have about the divorce will be with yourself. Neurological research shows that our “self-talk” can...
How should you talk about your divorce with a new boyfriend or girlfriend? After a divorce or separation, your needs for companionship, love, fulfillment, etc. don’t just disappear. They may lie dormant for a few months, as you process what happened to the...
How should you talk to your work colleagues about your divorce or separation? The answer to this question depends on many factors, including whether or not you work with your spouse, your degree of closeness with your employees or boss, and your level of comfort...
In our last post, we talked about how to break the news about your divorce to your parents. Here’s a trickier problem: how should you talk with your in-laws about the split? Perhaps you have a rocky relationship with your mother-in-law or sister-in-law, and you’re...
You are contemplating separating or getting divorced from your spouse. As part of that process, you need to discuss or break the news to various people in your life. In today’s post and multiple posts that will follow, we’re going to provide insights about how to have...
In addition to taking care of your body, mind, and soul — so that you can concentrate on your next steps regarding your California separation — you also need to manage your work. A major marital fight can make work life complicated. Now might be a really good time to...