Divorce: A Rite of Passage

Divorce seems to be one of those topics about which everyone has an opinion: some of it may come from a religious belief, some of it may come from an ethical perspective, some of it may come from the media and entertainment and some of it may come from personal experience or an absence of…

Surviving divorce: looking back

I think the traditional legal process of divorce in the U.S. puts you at odds with your spouse and it can bring out the worse behavior in the best of us. It can make surviving divorce a constant source of stress, anguish and fear. My current guest, Lisa also lived a daily nightmare with extreme…

Divorce advice from one who knows

For this last post in Carolyn’s series, I asked her if she had any divorce advice for someone who was thinking about ending their marriage or in the early stages of divorce. Here’s what she said: I guess if I was going to share anything with people who are reading this and feeling as nervous…

Rethinking what marriage means

My current guest, Carolyn says she’s lucky to have an ex like hers especially since he wasn’t a good husband. One of her earliest comments on my blog was to share how she knew her marriage was over when her husband deleted some photos of a digital camera. That might seem like a small, innocent…

Divorce is a change not an end

One of my universal truths about divorce is that your perspective on divorce will change once you experience it. Os I wasn’t surprised when my current guest, Molly author of the blog, Postcards from a Peaceful Divorce said her perspective of divorce had changed in a million ways. Here’s Molly: I don’t see divorce as…