parenting
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” — Socrates {3 minutes to read} This is actually a quote from a character named Socrates in Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book that Changes Lives, by Dan Millman. As I read this…
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{Read in 4 minutes} I was invited by Michael Lang to contribute to his recently published, multi-lingual book Family Conflict During a Pandemic: Stories of Struggle and Hope, co-authored with Peter Nicholson, in which mediators and other professionals came together to support families around the world. For this purpose, I chose two examples of divorcing…
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{3 minutes to read} Over the years, I have encountered in my practice a few situations where parents were so caught up in their own divorce drama, that they forgot about the impact of their actions on their children. Here are some of those real-life cases: 1. A divorced couple agrees to live separately within the…
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An Interview with Juliet Cooper, Child Psychologist. {2:30 minutes to read} I recently met with Juliet Cooper, PsyD, a licensed psychologist trained to work with children, teens and their parents, particularly with those families who are experiencing major transitions such as divorce. How do you work with families? Each family dynamic is unique. The challenges…
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