A common feeling from women going through divorce is feeling lost, feeling that they don’t know themselves, not knowing what makes them happy and that ties into low self-esteem: My self-esteem began to plummet around the time I got married. Now I’m divorced I feel I’ve been taken back in time to when I was [...]
Family Law attorney Goldie Schon joins Lynette & Stefanie for an extensive conversation about the realities of divorce. The ladies ask every question they’ve always wondered about and get a very candid look at the realities of what works and …
Have you ever heard anyone describe marriage as easy? Probably not. Most people will tell you that marriage is work but is there a difference between that and tolerating a marriage? My current guest, Sandy was married for twenty-three long years, many years spent trying to make it work and many years spent tolerating it. [...]
Regular readers and those who have had the misfortune of attending my presentations on the new Family Law Act will recall some of my concerns about how the provisions of the new provincial legislation with respect to the care of children will interact …
Extramarital affairs are not unusual – one or both spouses admit to infidelity, either physical or emotional in forty-one percent of marriages.* Almost a third of those marriages do survive. No statistics on this but I believe emotional affairs can be as damaging as physical affairs. Following the advice of a lawyer-friend, the goal of [...]
Asking yourself if you should stay married for the sake of your children is typical for anyone whose marriage is faltering. It’s certainly a question about which most people have an opinion. Today, I’d like to introduce you to Sandy Weiner who was married for twenty-three years. Three of those years were spent getting divorced [...]
Smart phones are surely setting a standard for what consumers expect in their cell phones. These “mini-computers” make accessing all kinds of information via the Internet fast and easy. Sometimes, they even replace the need for …
There’s no shortage of advice about dating after divorce and while some of it is contradictory, most experts agree that if you want to avoid making the same choices again, then it’s crucial to do your self-work before committing to a new relationship. There are rewards for doing that work: It’s wonderfully reassuring that there are [...]
Just Say ‘I Do’ by Margaret W. Miller The emotional burden of planning and paying for a wedding is massive — even happily married couples find it enormously stressful. Divorced couples may find the process so upsetting that they’ll want to divorce their ex-spouse all over again. But as someone who’s recently been through this [...]
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