By Karen McMahon Perfectionism and divorce are a lethal combination. We begin with an impossible task. We are going to do this divorce thing right…the best…unfaltering. What does that even mean?! Make the best decisions Handle everyone’s reaction perfectly Say the right thing Do the right thing…always Pick the best attorney and expect perfection from […]
By Lisa Brick “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it” – Epictetus, 55-135 AD Present Moment Awareness is not some airy fairy New Age practice. It is the […]
By Karen McMahon I often coach my clients around the impact that being judgmental has on them, the people they interact with and their circumstances. I invite them to be discerning rather than judgmental and have found that there is significant confusion around these two words, what they mean and what the difference is. If […]
By Karen McMahon The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. ~ Albert Einstein. I was thinking about calling my brother. The phone rang. It was my brother, an unusual time for him to […]
Guest Article By Aviva Pinto, CDFA™, Director, Bronfman E.L. Rothschild Determining Where to File for Divorce In most situations, you will file for a divorce in the state in which you and/or your spouse live. If you and your spouse own property in different states or you live apart, you might be able to select […]
By Aviva Pinto, CDFA™, Director, Bronfman E.L. Rothschild Divorce is a reality for a growing number of aging couples, a phenomenon commonly referred to as “gray divorce”. According to a 2013 study at Bowling Green State University, the divorce rate among adults ages 50 and older doubled between 1990 and 2010. Now, one in four […]
By Lisa Brick Do you break out in a sweat thinking about communicating with your ex? Resentment and hostility between parents is the norm after a contentious divorce. Communicating with your ex around custody schedules, medical issues, parenting approaches, and finances is loaded with emotion. Many of our clients, both male and female, break out in a […]
By Lisa Brick Media Multitasking, as we tend to do it in the Information Age, is disrupting your ability to navigate divorce with grace and dignity. The practice, as pervasive as it is, is hurting you by undermining your abilities to be calm and rational when it comes to communications with your yourself, your soon-to-be-ex […]
By Karen Basmagy One of the wonderful things about my career choice is witnessing clients becoming more authentically themselves, usually after periods of great pain, loss and change. They come to the coaching relationship “stuck” and without a real sense of direction or plan, or feel consumed by their emotions. Within a very short time, […]
By Lisa Brick There are numerous reasons a relationship unravels. The majority of them are due to a growing incompatibility of values and lifestyle choices. In some cases the reason is considerably deeper and darker. While these reasons are the exceptions rather than the rule, they are often if not always the cause of […]
