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 ...

By Karen McMahon

It wasn’t supposed to be this way! How do you find your way toward acceptance?

When a marriage crumbles, no one rejoices.  The dream of happily ever after dies with struggle on the part of both husband and wife.  One might fight hard, another might shut down, or avoid and seek c...

By Lisa Brick

This post offers strategies drawn from the natural world that, when utilized, will allow you to survive divorce by keeping your head above water until you can reach solid ground during the emotional and financial upheaval of divorce and it’s aftermath. At the initial stages of coach...

By Karen McMahon

We have all heard that nothing is certain but death and taxes yet another certainty we have all experienced  is adversity.  None of us escape life without trials and tribulations, both large and small.  Certainly divorce falls into the category of a large trial and all that co...

By Karen McMahon

Our lives are an ongoing chain of relationships with those who have known us for a lifetime to our friends, co-workers, companions, neighbors, bosses and employees.  Some are warm and wonderful while others can cause a constant rub. The key to mastering all our relationships is t...

ARE YOU HAVING A HARD TIME COPING WITH DIVORCE?

Blindsided by your spouse’s decision to leave or struggling with guilt, fear and uncertainty about your choice to divorce? If you are deep in pain, struggling with confusion or frustrated by your inability to focus, we can help you cope with divorce.

READY FOR YOUR LIFE AFTER DIVORCE?

Ready to put divorce behind you and consciously create a new beginning?  Considering meeting new people and desire a healthy and supportive relationship?

Has life after divorce left you stuck in a rut of fear and resentment and you want to find a way to embrace y...

One of the things I struggle with is change.   The need for it keeps sneaking up on me.  Tenacity is one of my gifts.  On the one hand, it is a gift to be able to stick with something until it is completed.  On the other hand, it prevents me from seeing what might really be happening as I put my hea...

By Lisa Brick

The accumulation of pain, and the emotions of anger, fear, and self-doubt so often involved in the divorce process is totally understandable and appropriate to feel. Unless processed effectively, this emotional accumulation can be dangerous to your health and well-being as well as t...

What is this very simple word all about? So, thankful for Merriam-Webster being online, I learned that it’s as simple as how a subject or its parts are mentally viewed

I had to ask myself that this weekend in the midst of a discussion about the difference between ‘partly cloudy’ and partly sunny’. ...

How often have you started to share something you’ve been thinking only to have the person you are speaking with begin to contradict you? It’s rare for any quality communication to take place after this happens. It’s more likely that you’ll end up arguing, or going silent and keeping your thoughts t...

By Lisa Brick

What if the divorce process could be a crash course in discovering outdated and limiting belief systems and thought patterns about life, love, relationships, family, and money and letting them go forever?  Would your pain have less sting and more promise if you could discover what y...