As the clock slowly ticks towards a New Year and I look back at the last 12 months, & the last 21 years of my family memories – of bringing up my two wonderful children, fondly reminiscing about wrapping presents in front of the electric fire and putting talcum powder down as snow from Father […]
A bad marriage can make parenting and life in general stressful. The loss of the family structure can be very upsetting and distressing for everyone involved in the major change. Despite divorce being on the increase around the world, parents often feel at a loss when searching for practical support. They also feel overwhelmed, […]
As many of you will know if you are regular readers I am in the process of divorcing and I run my 6 Week Separation Handling Divorce, Separation and Break- Up Positively and Confidently Coaching Programme and in the week following Norwegian statistics showing that couples who share the housework are more likely to get divorced, and […]
Question: Are You Ready For a New Relationship? Here’s a super Divorce Support blog by Cathy Meyer from Divorce Support “You’ve been out of the dating scene for a long time. You’ve also just gone through the stress of divorce. You want to date and possibly build a new relationship with a member of the […]
As you know I have recently separated from my husband of nearly 21 years. Separation from a long-term spouse or de facto partner is considered to be one of the most traumatic events a person can experience. Here is a comprehensive divorce checklist from Australia’s Divorce Services Directory to help keep you on track and […]
Parents will be able to take more flexible leave to care for their children under family-friendly laws to be unveiled in Queen’s Speech. Mothers will be able to return to work earlier and transfer their maternity leave to their partners under moves to help both parents share the burden of child care. The Coalition is […]
I’m pleased to see that children are for the first time to be given the legal right to have a proper relationship with both their parents after a divorce. Ministers intend to rewrite the law in an attempt to ensure that fathers get improved access to their children after a marriage breaks down. Currently, family courts […]
Today’s guest post is from Ted Rubin. A native New Yorker, Ted holds a Bachelor of Science in business and economics from Cornell University. He is divorced, has two teenage daughters, and lives in Long Island. Personal philosophy: “Live is not about waiting for the storm to pass… it’s about learning to dance in the […]
Today my guest blogger is Stephen Anderson, a friend who is a family mediator, collaborative lawyer and non-adversarial solicitor. I asked Stephen to contribute an article because I work with a lot of parents going through divorce and separation in my 6 Week “Separation – Putting Your Children First” Coaching Programme and I recommend that they consider […]
Here’s some of my media coverage this week. As divorce becomes more and more frequent we ask just how much of an effect it can have on our children. Some research last week claimed that whilst children of divorced parents are more likely to become binge drinkers as adults, it’s not the actual divorce, but […]
Children with parents who divorce or separate before they are five are more likely to become binge drinkers when they reach 16 than children with parents who remain together, a major new study has found. Read the article in The Daily Telegraph. Have you heard of my “Separation – Putting Your Children First” […]
This week I’m giving a talk to a group of Family Mediation and Collaborative Lawyers in London as they want to find out more about my “Separation – Putting your Children First” Coaching Programme for parents and children. I am very interested in how Mediation and Collaborative Law can ease the stress of divorce, break up, […]
Here in today’s Huffington Post Jamie Lee Curtis speaks out about the media’s role and responsibility to the children of famous parents going through divorce. I coach many parents, who are not so famous , but who are also are struggling to put the interests of their children first during a difficult and very challenging time […]
I have been working this morning with a lovely Mum going through a divorce and she arrived looking nervous, anxious and very stressed. We talked about where she was at the moment in her situation – she said she felt trapped, overwhelmed and stuck but after an hour with me she felt more hopeful as I helped […]
Where do we go from here? Keeping healthy relationships. I have recently been coaching a lovely Mum over the telephone for a number of weeks now and we’ve been looking at how she gets a break, gets some adult company and keeps her own life moving forward as she gets used to life as a […]
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