Divorce brings new realities flooding in from all sides. Some of them we won’t want to look at. We are often urged to accept reality. Sounds obvious and reasonable, doesn’t it! Too bad it’s so hard to do. When I struggle to accept something, it’s because I want my world to be one way, and…
I cannot call fear a friend. Fear is a companion whose influence has only become clear to me in the last 10 years. It visits me regularly, invisible yet powerful. I have taped a sign right below my computer screen: “LET GO OF FEAR”. I seldom notice it, but every now and then it grabs…
Your marriage is ending, and you are a parent. In the midst of upheaval and strong feelings, you have to make complex and critically important choices. Where to live? How to keep finances manageable? If and how to use lawyers? How to divide parenting time and responsibilities? No matter how frantic or devastated you feel,…