Your Life's Next Chapter

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 [...]

How good are you at managing your finances? Do you have good credit? Are you current on your loan or credit card bills? Whatever your response is, I’m sure you would like to respond confidently and assuredly that you have your finances handled.  However, when a marriage falls apart and a divorce is pursued, it [...]

Navigating the real estate market in New York, whether you are a buyer or seller, can be a daunting task.  As a seller, there is a lot that you can and need to do in order to sell your property, find a buyer, get the best sales price and get to the closing table.   If [...]

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 [...]

  So my headline got your attention, right?  Here is what I mean, the Wall Street Journal published a recent article entitled “Divorcé’s Guide to Marriage: Study Reveals Five Common Themes Underlie Most Divorces.”  (Here is a link to the article.) Essentially, the article outlines 5 mistakes that people make in their relationships and that [...]

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 [...]