Communication is the essence of every relationship we have– professional, friendly, familial, romantic, etc. Most couples who come into the divorce process have experienced a fundamental breakdown in effective communication. There are several communication behaviors that I have observed over the years which in addition to contributing to the decline of the relationship, can become […]
Divorce is one of the most traumatic experiences a person can go through in their life. I often come into contact with friends or family of those who are considering ending their marriage, or are already in the midst of divorce. While it is beautiful that these people want to show their support and provide […]
Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel’s divorce from Jason Hoppy has been tabloid fodder for several years now. A recent Radar Online article (click here) happily splashed the exact amount of attorney fess Frankel must pay to Hoppy ($100,000) across their headlines. We as a society are happy consumers of reality television, […]
Channel 7 recently reported on a story out of Huntington Woods about a divorced couple back in court around the issue of whether or not to vaccinate their two children. (Click here for original story) The thing which stood out to me most in the story was that the father was completely taken aback by the […]
My Collaborative colleagues and I often wish that our clients could clone themselves so they could see how their exact case would simultaneously play out in the litigation process and compare the outcomes to what they achieve in the Collaborative Divorce Process. Many people don’t realize just how crazy and incendiary the litigation process can […]
Though the title of this post sounds like a set up for a bad joke, it comes from a New York Times article which marveled at Steve Jobs being a “low tech” parent. The author of the article was so perplexed by Jobs’ revelation that his children’s usage of IPads and other technology was restricted, he […]
One of my Collaborative Divorce Process colleagues out of California, Jon Kramer, wrote a very interesting blog post about “conscious uncoupling” and the Collaborative Divorce Process (CDP). In the post, he highlights that the CDP has always promoted “conscious uncoupling” before it became a trendy catchphrase, in that it facilitates thoughtful separation which preserves the […]
Experience Life Magazine recently ran a very interesting article entitled Peace Through Personality (link here). The article uses the Enneagram of Personality Types to examine 9 different personalities, including strengths and weaknesses, to examine how people react differently to conflict and how this can effect attempts at conflict resolution. As a Collaborative Divorce Process (CDP) […]
I am not usually one for all of the random little Facebook quizzes, but I saw one the other day that piqued my interest. It was one of those “Which state are you from?” games and having a few moments to kill, I played. I rather surprisingly got Michigan, but the little description rationalizing the […]
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