Blog posts are listed below by the newest post first.
If you would rather explore by topic, please visit the Divorce Content Index page. Also view or listen to BJ on her Videos and Podcasts page.
Blog posts are listed below by the newest post first.
If you would rather explore by topic, please visit the Divorce Content Index page. Also view or listen to BJ on her Videos and Podcasts page.
I often ask clients what they think their children understand about why they are living separately. What the parents say to the children may be far different from what the children actually hear and understand. The Child’s View of Divorce Imagine that your child is talking to his/her best friend about the divorce. What would […]
Over the many years I have helped clients end their marriages, I am frequently the only one in the room holding the possibility of their future happiness. Regardless of why the marriage is ending, there is always sadness and mourning. It’s not what couples imagined when they walked down the wedding aisle. Divorce is the […]
A great summary of the statistics that show divorce mediation produces agreement in 50-80% of cases. Source: TopCounselingSchools.org
Ending a marriage can be like your own personal winter solstice. It can be among the darkest days of your life, feeling as if the cold will never end. But nature is a good teacher. The shortest, darkest day in December is followed by days that each add just a few minutes of daylight. By […]
Many people liken the end of a marriage to a death, and, in many respects, that is accurate. It is the end of a dream and a vision that had sustained you for a long time. There have been many comparisons to the five stages of death described by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her book On […]