I Choose Peace Over Winning

Winning an argument with your ex usually costs more than losing it. How to price a fight, what is genuinely worth it, and how peace differs from being a doormat.

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When Your Ex Moves On

Finding out your ex has someone new, why it lands even when you wanted the divorce, what you are entitled to ask, and how to keep your reaction away from the kids.

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How to Set Goals Again After Divorce (90 Days at a Time)

Ninety day goals, one each for your kids, your money and your body, turned into weekly actions with a time attached, plus what to do when you miss a week.

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Embracing Both Roles After Divorce

On your days you do every job. The practical skills nobody taught you, the harder emotional half, how to ask for help, and why you are not replacing their mother.

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How to Co-Parent Civilly When You Do Not Feel Like It

Civility is a performance for an audience of children. Where it shows, scripts for the hard moments, where it ends, and when to stop trying to cooperate at all.

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How to Break Out of a Slump After Divorce

A slump is inertia, not laziness. The first hour, the first day, the first week, the two week test, and the point where it stops being a slump and needs a doctor.

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Making the Decision for Divorce

The night I decided, and what I would tell a man sitting in that driveway: what to do before you say a word, how the conversation goes, and the first 72 hours.

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