How you can help someone with domestic violence signs? October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month. Awareness being the operative word. That said, I wanted to share a personal story about domestic violence, and how you can help yourself or someone else. I was starting out as a young acupuncturist in Cambridge, Massachusetts when Eleanor, […]
By Lisa Brick Over the years it has become clear that there are powerful connections between marriage and divorce, hope, expectation, and intention. I come clean upfront. I am not a fan of hope or expectations. Many of our divorcing clients share a similar story; they hoped they could have reconciled with their spouse, their […]
By Karen McMahon What causes us to lose our peace and joy? Financial instability. Complicated health issues. Sudden unexpected loss…of a loved one…a job…a relationship. Frustration or disappointment around raising teenagers or caring for elderly parents. Actually, it is more general than that. We lose our peace when people don’t act as we wish they […]
We discussed Awareness as the first step toward peace…a practice of mindfulness or witnessing our thoughts, feelings and actions. Instead of seeing things as happening to us, when we are aware or conscious of our part in every circumstance, we realize we have choices. Awareness Enlightens us so that we can see our part in […]
Fears around money and finances before, during, and post divorce can be paralyzing. Self doubts and self criticism are shriveling to a sense of self worth that is already under water. The first three posts of this series on money supported readers in exploring the thoughts they have around money, separating their thoughts from the […]
A guest post by Sara Klar. Her personal journey It happened just rounding 4 years ago this summer that John, my long term partner of 12 years, checked out of our relationship. Suddenly he stopped calling throughout the day to share, plan, and relay goings on as he had always done. Suddenly he told me not […]
Money and finances are an ever-present focus in adult life and a central and almost always thorny aspect of divorce. Conversations around money and finances are more likely than not a major stress for all involved, and a divisive mess. There is a way to begin CLEANING UP that mess, at least IN YOUR LIFE […]
All of us are guilty of collapsing ideas about money with money itself, Our ideas about money live in our heads. Money exists outside of our head, in the world. It is simpler to get clear about who we are, where we are, and what’s possible in our lives once we begin to identify and […]
By Karen McMahon All to often, when we are in relationships with alcoholics, addicts, abusive partners or narcissists, we have lost ourselves and THEY have taken up residence in our heads. When something goes ‘wrong’ is your first thought about what he or she is going to say? Do you find yourself thinking first […]
By Karen McMahon When our marriage falls apart we understandably find ourselves filled with fear and anger. Learning how to grieve and to grieve well is one of the many challenges we face. According to Tad Blackburn, a Family and Marriage pastor, we have three primary emotions, fear, anger and love. When we lose something […]
