The Sleeper Effect: Why Divorce Can Hit Kids Hardest Years Later
The sleeper effect of divorce is the finding that some children of divorce appear to cope well for…
Divorce Contagion: Does a Friend’s Divorce Make Yours More Likely?
Divorce contagion is the unsettling finding that a friend’s divorce can measurably raise the odds of your own.…
Conscious Uncoupling: How to End a Marriage Without Destroying Each Other
Conscious uncoupling is a way of ending a marriage that treats separation as a process to move through…
Divorce Regret: How Common It Really Is
Divorce regret is the quiet question that can surface months or years after the papers are signed: did…
Birdnesting After Divorce: The Custody Setup Where the Kids Stay and the Parents Move
Birdnesting keeps kids in one home while divorced parents rotate in and out. Here's how bird's nest custody…
The Divorce Hangover: Why You Feel Married Long After the Papers Are Signed
The divorce hangover is the disorienting stretch after the paperwork is signed when you are legally free but…
Contempt in a Relationship: The Single Biggest Predictor of Divorce
Contempt in a relationship is the single biggest predictor of divorce, per Gottman's research. Learn to spot it…
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 After 50: The Real Risk Is the Math
Gray divorce after 50 is the only kind of divorce still on the rise in America, and almost…
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…