Discernment Counseling: What to Do When One of You Wants Out and One Doesn’t
Discernment counseling exists because of a situation that ordinary couples therapy handles badly: one of you wants to…
Life After Divorce: The Six Paths People Actually Take, According to a 30-Year Study
Almost everything written about life after divorce assumes there is one path through it: a bad stretch, then…
How to Tell Kids About Divorce: What to Say at Every Age
Learning how to tell kids about divorce is one of the hardest conversations a parent will ever plan…
Gray Divorce: Why More Couples Over 50 Are Splitting Up
Gray divorce — the end of a marriage after age 50 — is the one corner of the…
Divorce Ambivalence: Why “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” Is Its Own Stage
Divorce ambivalence is the most common place a struggling marriage actually lives, and almost nobody talks about it…
Divorce Grief: Why Ending a Marriage Can Feel Like a Death
Divorce grief is the real mourning that follows the end of a marriage, even when you chose it.…
Walkaway Wife Syndrome: Why a Spouse Who Seemed Fine Suddenly Leaves
Walkaway wife syndrome is when a partner who seemed fine suddenly leaves after years of quiet disconnection. Here…
Birdnesting: The Divorce Arrangement Where Kids Stay Put and Parents Rotate
Birdnesting, or nesting custody, keeps children in one family home while divorced parents take turns living there. Here…
Parallel Parenting: The Counterintuitive Plan for When Co-Parenting Keeps Failing
Parallel Parenting: The Counterintuitive Plan for When Co-Parenting Keeps Failing Parallel parenting is the arrangement almost no one…
Co-Parenting After Divorce: What the Handoff Actually Requires
Co-parenting after divorce is the strange task of building a functional working relationship with the person you just…
Telling Kids About Divorce: What to Say, and What Not To
Telling kids about divorce is the conversation parents rehearse a hundred times in their heads and still dread…
Grey Divorce: Why Couples Are Splitting After 50
Grey divorce — the end of a marriage after fifty, often after decades together — used to be…