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Strategies for Body and Mind When You’re Starting or Leaving a Marriage Do you ever find yourself in pain?  Your body aches in your lower back, your shoulders or other type of discomfort?  And have you ever noticed that this may happen more often during times in your life that are stressful?  When you have [...]

President Obama and former President Clinton may not believe in freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but in mediation each party is entitled to his or her time and is free to express his or her thoughts, opinions and feelings.  The mediation process is forgiving – in that sense. Now, before you respond and [...]

Have you noticed that more and more disputes are being resolved through “arbitration” or “mediation”?  It seems that more and more in the news lately, we have been reading about and hearing about these and other alternative conflict resolution methods – also referred to as alternative dispute resolution, or ADR.  As a mediator, I am [...]

In my last blog post I shared with you statistical data about the financial impact of divorce upon men and women and how it affects them differently.  I also mentioned that I would share with you how divorcing couples might fare better if they gather the totality of the circumstances.  While some couples may want [...]

In my last blog post, I shared briefly with you about a presentation I recently gave to inspire attorneys to think outside the box, to consider the totality of the circumstances affecting couples going through divorce.  I presented a series of tough questions that couples face when divorcing and I was about to share the [...]

    Divorce financially impacts men and women differently post-divorce.  One statistic I read indicated that more than half of single female headed households live below the poverty line and experience a dramatic drop in standard of living after divorce whereas men experience a small decline or a rise in standard of living. Surprising? On [...]

                                                     Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!  This is such a wonderful time of the year, isn’t it?  Beautiful holiday lights line the streets, city apartment balconies and rural homes.  The tree in Rockefeller Center in NYC and ice skating rinks where families and children are out laughing and enjoying time together; the [...]

How does mediation work?  What can I expect?  Questions I typically hear from clients who come in to my office and want to find out whether mediation really can work for them and their family.  Can divorce really be amicable?  Can they really end their marriage without the lawyers or judges telling them what they [...]

Picture/toon by: Julia McDaid Happy Thanksgiving!  One of my favorite holidays of the year.  Enjoy it all.