Among the most important, if not the most important, parts of moving on after a divorce or breakup is the quality of grief you let yourself experience and the success of your recovery that follows. Filing for divorce or ending a relationship is similar to a death. And similar to…
There tends to be two basic coping mechanisms following abrupt, and at many times difficult, changes in one’s life. The fight-or-flight response summarizes them well. In the fight response, you take the change head on, courageously facing the issues that arise as you fight to keep your head above water.…
It’s safe to say we are a nation of clock-watchers. Time, how much or how little of it we have left, is a top concern within work as well as family environments. It can be a huge source of stress when, as a prime example, you’re stuck in rush hour…
MyDivorcePapers.com has reached a milestone, and we think it’s a good time for some reflection, and maybe a little bit of nostalgia. On May 9th, 2012, MyDivorcePapers.com decided it was high time to create a blog, and haven’t we ever grown up since? We think so. Today, MyDivorcePapers.com is 200…
Many couples thought it was a good idea at the time to go into business together, but many couples make questionable decisions in the glory of the moment. Then, when divorce moves in to ruin many other things than just the marriage certificate, they look at their business and say,…
Families are portrayed as impenetrable, unbreakable units, but as any child of divorce knows, they can be fractured. However, every child of divorce also knows families always find a way to pick up the pieces and come back stronger than ever. In Part 1, we discussed what was going on…
It may feel like 50% of the time your teenager is trying to give you a heart attack, 30% of the time they are trying to break your heart, and 20% of the time they are trying to fill your heart. Children are these wonderful entities that are part you,…
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when people wear red accessories, eat heart shaped food, and buy sappy (or raunchy) cards. The time of year when the world population is divided into two groups: the haves, and the chocolate heart binge eaters. No matter when you…
The calendar is slowly reaching April 15th, and if you are a recent divorcee, or are thinking about getting a divorce, you have a lot of thinking to do. Whoever thought marriage was a sticky situation clearly has never faced the task of untangling marital finances. But before we lose…