Technically, divorce means the collapse of a marriage. However, a divorce or a break-up is actually the death of a relationship. It may be an unthinkable change we didn’t want to happen. Grief changes your personal and family life and triggers secondary losses. For example: You lose your status as a spouse You lose time [...]
We are all going through difficult times. Covid has brought out the best or the worst in us. The New Year is around the corner and most of us are not interested in making new goals and New Year’s resolutions. Typically, when it comes to New Year's resolutions, most of us think about making changes [...]
Sometimes, you can get so immersed in the struggle of something that you lose sight of the big picture and resolution can seem so far out of reach. It also seems that nothing brings out those feelings quite like divorce. A divorced couple came to me for coaching. They had been in and out of [...]
This month August 2020 marks the many years I have launched Co-parenting in Harmony. The past year has been a year of big change in my personal and family life. Who would have even faintly guessed that my journey of life would take a solo route May 2019 with a broken heart the loss of [...]
How is your co-parenting arrangement working out? Is it moving forward? Backward? Stuck? Are your outcomes outstanding? I’m wondering… how do you view your co-parent? Ally or adversary? However you answer, honesty with yourself is critical. Your honest answer will help you understand the co-parenting relationship you presently have. And understanding your present is key to [...]
Featured on HuffPost March 5, 2019 Grandparents of families, blended or otherwise, play a special role as a source of unconditional love. Co-parenting can bring challenges for all family members, including grandparents. After all, grandparents and "bonus" grandparents (my name for step/bonus parents who become loving grandparents to the children of their step/bonus children) love [...]
Marianne Williamson is one of the world’s foremost spiritual teachers and an internationally acclaimed lecturer, activist and author. Among her many inspiring titles are A Return to Love, A Year of Miracles and Tears to Triumph. She has appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America and Bill Maher, and is the founder of the Los Angeles-based [...]
