After your divorce, you are no longer married to each other and you will each live your own life.  However, you are still parents to your children and in their eyes you are still “mom and dad”, and you still both have the goal of raising he...

My partner Brian James and I have been co-mediating for over 15 years.  For the most part, we are quite successful, but occasionally we lose a couple to litigation or they decide to have their attorneys complete the divorce.  If they have been succ...

Although every marriage and situation is unique, I think many people stay in their marriages because it seems like the best option. Maybe they weighed out the pluses and minuses of splitting up, and then determined that staying--even though they are ...

Let’s talk about getting a mortgage after divorce. Your home is your sanctuary.  The center, where you leave in the morning and return in the evening. A place where you create memories with your family, friends, neighbors and fur babies. If you ar...

How is it even possible to put into words the gift of motherhood? In honor of Mother’s Day, I’m going to try.   I’ll start with the day I gave birth to my now 21-year-old son. The first time I took him in my arms, I got my first gift...