Your First Holidays After Divorce: How to Take Care of Yourself The holidays are supposed to be about making memories and sharing traditions. But when you’re divorced or separated, they can feel completely overwhelming. Everywhere you look there are happy families and perfect pictures. And maybe this is the first year you’ll wake up on…

Why Your Divorce Lawyer Shouldn’t Be the Only Expert on Your Team I’m going to start with something most divorce lawyers would never say out loud. I am not the expert on every single area of your case. You come to a lawyer scared and overwhelmed, wanting someone to say they have it all handled.…

The Advice Everyone Gives You Is Wrong The moment people find out you are getting divorced, the advice starts. And it is almost always some version of the same sentence. Get the meanest lawyer in town. Your brother in law says it. A coworker says it. Someone in a Facebook group says it with great…

The Word That Makes People Hang Up When I use the word “amicable” on a consultation call, I can usually hear the change in someone’s breathing. It is the sound of a person deciding I do not understand their situation. Because “amicable” sounds like a requirement. It sounds like I am telling you that in…

There is a question I ask almost every client who comes to me with a parenting plan that someone else wrote, or one they wrote themselves years ago. When does spring break actually start? It sounds like a small thing. It is not. Does it start at school release on the Friday before spring break,…