Welcome to the Journey Beyond Divorce Blog

High Conflict: When Your Child Needs an Attorney - What YOU Need to Know attorney for kids child custody children children and divorce divorce attorney guardian ad litem Jul 11, 2022

When children are involved in high conflict divorces, often additional experts are brought in regardless of your legal approach.  Today we speak with a heart centered attorney who represents children in high conflict divorces.  You will learn when an attorney for the child or guardian ad litem is...

Continue Reading...
How to Talk with Your Adult Children About Your Upcoming Separation or Dissolution of Marriage adult children after divorce before divorce best divorce tips children and divorce coping with divorce separation Mar 10, 2021

by Carol R. Hughes, Ph.D., LMFT, www.DivorcePeacemaking.com

The following are some tips for you as you prepare to talk with your adult children. You care about doing the best you can for your children because you are reading this article. Permit yourself not to be perfect. No one is. Remember to ke...

Continue Reading...
Thanksgiving and Divorce – Don’t Be the Turkey after divorce beyond divorce children children and divorce holidays and divorce holidays post divorce Nov 17, 2020

The Holiday Season is upon us, often the most stressful time of the year for people in general and particularly so for those contemplating, in the midst of, or post divorce.

 

Simply surviving your first holiday season intact and eventually enjoying emotionally healthier holidays entails a shift o...

Continue Reading...
Divorce and Covid-19 6 unexpected positive effects of divorce on teens children and divorce covid-19 Sep 23, 2020
2020 will go down in the history books as the year of the pandemic. The far reaching affects of Covid-19 are not limited to our health and finances. In fact, the pandemic 'lock down' has wreaked havoc on marriages across the globe.
 
According to a NY Post article on September 1st, in the United S...
Continue Reading...
Navigating Divorce: What to Expect Step by Step children and divorce considering divorce divorce process legal issues Aug 18, 2019

The divorce process doesn't come with a "how-to" manual, and there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach. Here are 7 steps to help make it more manageable.

 

Entering the world of divorce is a daunting experience. You are likely fearful of the reactions from those affected and uncertain of your futur...

Continue Reading...
Co-parenting Post Divorce - Turning Challenges Into Opportunities children and divorce coparenting difficult ex post divorce Nov 19, 2015

By Karen McMahon


Co-parenting in contentious relationships creates additional challenges above and beyond those discussed in Part 1 of this series, Co-parenting Post Divorce:  Tools & Strategies.

 

Take Off Your Armor and Put Down Your Sword

You may have been fighting for months or years over ...

Continue Reading...
Co-parenting Post Divorce children and divorce compromise post divorce coparenting living in separate homes post divorce Nov 05, 2015

By Karen McMahon


Many challenges of co-parenting post-divorce are universal whether you have an amicable divorce or not. Other more unique challenges are faced by those emerging from a contentious divorce and custody battle.

The key to peaceful co-parenting post-divorce lies in keeping the focus...

Continue Reading...