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Whenever we meet bumps in the road, there is usually more than one path to choose. We make these choices as we choose a school, a career, a home, and a mate. But these choices, like all choices, are rarely written in stone. One of the beauties of life is that we get to evaluate and consider ... Views: 1041
We have now reached the fourth reason that is driving obesity in the western world, which is not entirely due to the individual. I consider that the western culture corporations have designed this pattern, firstly by encouraging everyone to use a car for transportation, instead of their own ... Views: 2216
If you are reading this article, there is a high likelihood that you are searching for a quality attorney. Searching for a quality attorney can be a long and tiresome process. Before you begin that process though, read the rest of this article.
The purpose of this article is to educate ... Views: 679
Keep in mind, there is more than one way to build a case and our advice that you follow the instructions given to you by your attorney. We also recommend that you follow your commonsense.
Below is a list of four tips for building a case. Read the four tips below, familiarize yourself with ... Views: 556
The Garage Sale
Look at where you are in life. Look at each other. Each of us is a composite of our experiences--the good, the bad, and the ugly. When someone comes into our life they accept us for who we are, baggage and all.
Imagine we are in a “Garage Sale,” sitting in a driveway on ... Views: 1042
Experience and academic studies have helped us identify the basic elements of a successful divorce. “Successful” means completing the process of emotional separation, reaching a new center of balance as a single person, maintaining the welfare of your children, and establishing healthy attitudes ... Views: 970
Divorce can be a long and expensive process if you do not know what you are doing. In order to avoid having a long and expensive divorce, we recommend that you follow a certain number of ground rules about divorce. This ground rules are what you might call ‘common sense’, but as you know ... Views: 1710
The effects of divorce on men have been skillfully documented, but unusually not advertised quite as prevelentlyas the consequences on females. Females of course struggle and go through many of the same problems men go through and many special troubles as well, but the damage done to the mental ... Views: 6619
Before you choose a divorce lawyer it is essential to take the time to conduct some research. Divorce is never an easy decision to make, but it will be much easier if you take the time to research and choose the top divorce lawyer in your area. You will definitely pay a higher price for a top ... Views: 606
If you don't know anyone who has gone through a divorce, you may need to learn the divorce steps before you actually file for your own divorce. Many people are under the mistaken impression that you file the paperwork with your lawyer, set a court date and it's over. While in a perfect world ... Views: 592
There are certain things that drive the economy from almost every perspective. The innovation process is definitely one of those factors. Any great idea starts with an innovative business plan that a group of people brings to life. The more unique an idea is, the more likely it is to grow old ... Views: 126
Each time something in our life ends it creates room for a new experience. Within each new experience is a stepping stone;some are little tiny pebbles and others are big boulders.
Some are fun and some are exhausting.
But with each passing day we learn why we are here, what our mission is ... Views: 1449
My Experience in Family Divorce Mediation
My name is Matthew Brickman and at the time of this article I have conducted nearly 300 mediations over the past several years. As a professional family mediator I specialize in conflict surrounding family issues and 99% of the time the mediation ... Views: 1883
When people get married, they think that they are the perfect couple until they find themselves to be getting a divorce. There are many reasons for a divorce, but communication seems to be a big one. When a couple has poor communications between them, they can be suddenly wondering who the other ... Views: 9818
Getting divorced is complicated in any state, but it becomes even more so for those who live in one of the ten community property states:
• Alaska
• Arizona
• California
• Idaho
• Louisiana
• Nevada
• New Mexico
• Texas
• Washington
• Wisconsin
Most people assume that in community ... Views: 535
Are you wondering how to win your ex girlfriend or boyfriend back? Or perhaps you are asking yourself whether it's possible to win your ex back?
Well, a split up does not necessary cause the end of a love. Although no-one can assure that you'll surely get your ex lover back, you can always do ... Views: 934
Divorce is a very difficult thing to endure, but it can be easier if the couple takes certain steps to help them through the process. Unfortunately this doesn’t often happen because there is usually only one party that wants the divorce in the first place. The party who feels wronged is ... Views: 524
One of the most difficult things that couples had to go through is facing divorce as a result of infidelity. Although some couples ended up reconciling and forgiving one another even after they are faced with infidelity issues, a lot of couples ended up divorcing. If you are faced with a very ... Views: 1188
When we say "this dog is smart," we generally mean the dog's ability to learn new things, think, and solve problems. Certain races are considered "fit" with the quality of being easily trained, but other races are also demonstrating their intelligence in other ways and are worthy of admiration. ... Views: 129
Persons subject to domestic violence (or violence in the context of any relationship) may need protection from the perpetrator of violence.
To protect oneself, one can go to a place of greater safety (no place is 100% safe, although most women’s shelters offer a number of safeguards to ... Views: 1167
Do you want to know an unexpected finding from the Framingham Heart Study, a research project that has been conducted over six decades? Happiness is contagious and the secret may very well be in the connection. Social relationships correlate positively with happiness. That is, if your friend is ... Views: 1534
Reinventing yourself is not about getting rid of old ways and ideas. It is about taking away what you need from them; heartbreak, sadness, being stepped on and lied to, and creating a brand new person who sees their self a lot more clearly.
The energy around a situation or circumstance is ... Views: 1435
The Balance Sheet – Valuing, Distributing And Dividing Assets and Liabilities – Six Steps To Completing The #1 Document In Your Entire Case
Why is the balance sheet the #1 most important document in every property only case? Simple. In every case, the balance sheet is exactly what the judge ... Views: 843
When we begin a relationship we start off by revealing parts of ourselves, our likes and dislikes, what I like to call our preferences. These include things such as politics, religion, our favorite movies, the food we like, basically our thoughts, views and beliefs. If we agree, like and accept ... Views: 1815
The Pain of Love
A poet’s love poem takes us to the heavens,
with memories of sharing beauty and joy.
With the skill of an artist the poet paints,
a word picture of hearts that embrace,
dreams of futures that will never end.
Those lonely years, finally the one that makes my soul sing.
But at ... Views: 1426
This important part of the Petition-Marriage, the “Statistical Facts”, is often overlooked by people anxious to complete the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage.
In determining the correct date of marriage, the biggest challenge is usually poor memory. If you can’t ... Views: 1310
In American culture, assuming your new husband’s family name when you get married is an exciting rite of passage. It’s something many women longed for as young girls- creatively covering notebooks with signatures, adding the surname of the latest crush. When you sign your new legal name for ... Views: 1276
Maricopa resident Teresa Hamilton still remembers how hopeless she felt watching her purse sink to the bottom of her family’s swimming pool.
The summer sun was bearing down, and her alcoholic and drug-addicted husband had just returned home intoxicated and looking for a fight.
Hoping to ... Views: 1122
When you are preparing to file for divorce, you can expect to answer a number of questions on the divorce application. Whether you fill it out yourself or the divorce lawyer fills it out for you is of no relevance. The issue of greatest importance is to remember it will be necessary to provide ... Views: 560
Divorce in many cases is becoming a fast route to poverty.
Not only does divorce often bring a severe heartbreak that can take a vast time to heal. Research shows that people are not healing from divorce.
> The 2nd marriage divorce rate is 53%
> 3rd marriage divorce rate is 72% and
> ... Views: 1506
Your divorce decree is only step one in moving into a new life after divorce. The real divorce is the cutting of the emotional, mental and physical ties that still bind you to your ex-husband. This is the real work of divorce recovery: becoming a single woman possessed of confidence, ... Views: 1349
A case study by Beth Shepherd psychic. Names are changed. The reason I left him is hard to explain but I will do my best. We had got married about ten years ago and things were good for quite a while but then Donald tried to demand that I give up my job because he said he wanted me to be at home ... Views: 746
"The only investors staying the course are those with a broken compass."
-- from an ad for BNY Mellon
When I saw this ad it immediately made me think about people who enter and/or stay in unhealthy, unhappy relationships. Some people seem to have a broken Relationship Compass. They enter ... Views: 845
We’ve all experienced the dance of a relationship – whether it’s an intimate partnership, a friendship, or a work relationship – together choreographing those steps that over time develop into an established routine. Sometimes the steps are smooth and coordinated with the other partner, and the ... Views: 1111
The dissolution of the abuser's marriage or other meaningful (romantic, business, or other) relationships constitutes a major life crisis and a scathing narcissistic injury. To soothe and salve the pain of disillusionment, he administers to his aching soul a mixture of lies, distortions, ... Views: 972
Relationships are complicated, break ups are heart wrenching. Whatever takes place in a relationship that results in a break up is secondary; the primary aspect is typically ego. None from the partners prefer to take a step forward towards apologizing and then it becomes too late to create any ... Views: 567
Guilt.
What an ugly word and a terrible feeling.
Guilt comes in all sorts of mutating forms before, during, and after divorce. We may feel guilty because of a specific/concrete action we have done, or, more likely, divorce guilt permeates our lives like a mist running through our bodies. ... Views: 1057
By Sam Vaknin
Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited"
Some patients develop codependent behaviors and traits in the wake of a life crisis, especially if it involves an abandonment and resulting solitude (e.g. divorce, or an empty nest: when one’s children embark on their own, ... Views: 2982
According to the national Center for Health Statistics, the woman files two-thirds of divorce cases. A more amazing statistic is that when the couple are college-educated, divorces initiated by the wife is a whopping 90-percent!
What's more interesting that for the past one-hundred years the ... Views: 3553
My definition of courage is to feel the fear and do it anyway.
Through recovery regardless if it’s divorce or addiction; I see women continuously performing courageous acts. These are actions they take that move them forward and they need to be acknowledged and celebrated.
So, what would ... Views: 1635
Are you have problems with your divorce arrangements and would like to hire a divorce attorney in order to solve them? During a divorce there are a number of things that have to be agreed upon such as the division of assets and who will get custody of any children that you might have. If you ... Views: 783
These days it seems that everyone knows someone who has had a divorce. Maybe you’re even considering it yourself. There are a lot of things that might make a couple consider divorce. When you consider all the challenges the modern marriage faces, such as a staggering rate of infidelity that ... Views: 788
Hell No I Don’t Want them Back, but I Lost Myself When We Broke Up!
by Aleasa M. Word
*****ANY REPRINTS OR USAGE OF THIS ARTICLE MUST NOTE THE AUTHOR******
I remember going through a break up and talking about my situation over and over to my intimate circle of people (sorry I wore your ... Views: 1493
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It’s Over and I Have Nothing Else to Say! – When there is No Closure
-Author Aleasa M. Word
As a woman, I continually try to ... Views: 2462
It can take years for the wounds of a divorce to heal. Many people feel sad, lonely and hurt after a divorce. They may also suffer from low-esteem. Fortunately, there are ways you can rebuild your self-esteem after a divorce. Below are some tips for increasing your confidence:
Set One Goal ... Views: 931
“and they lived happily ever after”, all of us have heard this line in fairy tales and that is why we expect our lives to be just like those fairy tales in which all the problems come to an end sooner or later. B However, when the situation of divorce arises in a relationship, both the partners ... Views: 1305
For parents of minor children who want to know what ALL the options are when a divorce is going to happen, hear this. A mind works best, like a parachute, when it is open. There are very creative ways to divide property and to share children if both parties keep their eye on the prize – the well ... Views: 4467
The dissolution of a marriage is a very difficult phase for two people and the ones who are vicariously affected by the act. A bond is breaking and two people who have known each other so well are parting ways to the limit where they might never hear from each other again. If there are kids ... Views: 896
This is the #1 thing you must do to stick up for yourself.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth, friends.
In your journey to get confident and feel better about yourself, you cannot be afraid to step on toes. In other words...
Don’t be afraid to piss people off.
Strong women will end up ... Views: 1206
As you recover from your divorce and move on, there is one all-too-common emotion that causes us way more headaches than you need.
Anger. Being ticked off. The persistent rage that will not leave you but could jeopardize your future relationships.
To start off with, there is something ... Views: 953