Divorce support for women
One of the realizations many people come to soon after divorce, is that if you couldn’t control your ex when you were living with him, then you certainly can’t control him now and you have to be more trustful about his parenting decisions. For my current guest, Molly, that means being more prepared to “let [...]
When Molly talked about a peaceful divorce, her words kept echoing in my head. “Peaceful is not a place that you arrive to and never change after that. It’s continually a process.” That means co-parenting with your ex is going to be an evolving and changing process that will inevitably mean disagreements. In the early [...]
This is the last post in this series with author and marriage and family therapist, Judy Osborne about her book, Wisdom for Separated Parents. The interviewees in the book have all been through divorce but unlike most of my guests, there’s been a significant passage of time since the end of their marriages. For some, [...]
For my current series, I talked to author and marriage and family therapist, Judy Osborne about her book, Wisdom for Separated Parents. The book is a collection of stories from divorced parents, about how they’ve stayed connected over the years and seeks to create a new model for families after divorce, a model on continuing [...]
Continuing with this series about my interview with author and marriage and family therapist, Judy Osborne, Judy talks about her own separation and some of the transitions in her relationship with her ex. Here’s Judy: I have been a separated parent for about thirty-six years and I knew from my own experience that my family [...]
When author and marriage and family therapist, Judy Osborne and I talked, she introduced me to the idea that there can be many separations in a marriage. In her guest post about separations she talked mainly about those that happen during parenting. Those aren’t the only ones. A job promotion or a new job that [...]
Today begins a new series with author Judy Osborne. As a marriage and family therapist, Judy has seen many former partners effectively reinvent themselves, expanding and reclaiming the family circle as kin. She’s seen them successfully navigate family life post-divorce, breaking societal norms of how divorced partners are supposed to behave. Her book, Wisdom for [...]
It’s been over four years since Kathleen Christensen and her ex separated. Their divorce was challenging, fraught and exhausting. Using the collaborative divorce process, however, they were able to build a foundation for their new relationship as co-parents. Now, unlike with many traditional divorces, Kathleen is able to see the positives in her ex. In [...]
Continuing in this series with Kathleen Christensen, she talked previously about the collaborative divorce she and her ex negotiated. Looking back, she says that process had a benefit that she didn’t recognize at the time. Here’s what she told me. We were really building the relationship for the future. We were building a healthy relationship [...]
In her first guest post, Judy Osborne, author of Wisdom for Separated Parents:Rearranging Around the Children to Keep Kinship Strong, talked about how the arrival of children into a marriage, throws the spotlight on your own family background creating the opportunity to decide what you want to keep and what you want to do differently. [...]
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