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The Huffington Post has added a section on divorce-related issues. In a recent blog piece, Nina Collins outlined 5 mistakes to avoid in negotiating a divorce. I will discuss one below, as it is better coming from a non-attorney. Ms. Collins reminds us of the following: “Lawyers are paid to go back and forth. No […]
November 27, 2010
As a divorce lawyer and mediator, my job is to sort through the wreckage of a marriage to help clients find a post-marriage equilibrium of safety, fairness, and a modicum of peace. I read the signs of the breakdown like reading tea-leaves. The clues are everywhere. The patterns I see repeat themselves over and over […]
November 21, 2010
You’ve heard it before – change your thinking, change your life. It’s true. Many of us don’t realize how much the way we think about things impacts the way our life goes. Sometimes just small tweaks in our thought processes can make big differences in the choices we make. These experiences are those wonderful “Ah-Ha!” […]
November 21, 2010
A recent article by Victor Davis Hanson makes the case for President Obama to drop the excuse for failed policies that “President Bush was the cause for this.” In a convincing portrayal, Mr. Hanson points out how President Bush, smile intact, is now selling books, attempting to rehabilitate his Presidency, while president Obama is forced […]
November 21, 2010
Seeking Help Who should be the outside intervener for the troubled couple? It could be any one of a number of types. It could be a Rabbi whom the couple trusts; one who knows the couple, or who was even involved in their marrying. It could be a Rabbi whom the couple do not know […]
November 17, 2010
In working with divorcing couples, reemployment of an “at-home” spouse is a recurring theme. This is usually (but not always) the wife, who needs to enter the job market after the divorce.1 1. Being afraid is reality-based and normal. Age discrimination (which starts about age 40) and gender discrimination are facts of life. No one […]
November 7, 2010
Divorce Mediation allows the divorcing couple one last, real chance to communicate about their marriage. An article was written this week, by Dina Haddad, Esq., and found at mediate.com on the role of apology in the divorce process. This article is well worth reading. Among the points made by Ms. Haddad is the concept that […]
November 7, 2010
One of the lingering issues that has survived the recent election is whether or not President Obama can dispel feelings that he is aloof and/or elitist in his approach. President Clinton made adjustments to his political approach 2 years after he was first elected President. Can President Obama duplicate the same transformation? As an electorate, […]
November 7, 2010
This article is Part III in a series about achieving a better divorce. In Part I, you worked on the Big Picture view for yourself and your family. You spent time thinking about this and writing about it in detail in your journal. In Part II, you learned the value of getting informed about your […]
November 7, 2010
Both husband and wife, as they untangle, and wrestle with the complicated matter of financial arrangements, should disavow, to their own selves, any thought of making a killing on the deal, or really “sticking it” to the other. Each has the obligation to do the right thing for the other, at the same time as […]
November 27, 2010
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