Clean Break

Clean Break
Author: Karen Stewart
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2010-02-12
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0470675527

"When it comes to divorce, there's the old way- and there's the fair way. I know, because I learned the hard way." —Karen Stewart Divorce is costly. It costs money-masses of your money. It costs time-hours and hours spent in meetings, on the telephone, and completing paperwork and depositions and filing affidavits. It costs heartache as battle lines are drawn and loved ones, especially children, suffer emotional pain. Karen Stewart's own harrowing story of divorce is an unqualified testament to these truths. Her experience led her to believe that there had to be a better way to end a marriage and get on with life. Her ideas and vision evolved into Fairway Divorce Solutions, which provides a model for divorce with dignity and an end to traditional divorce. the Fairway Process Offers: a strategic step-by-step process that brings win-win resolutions regarding children, property, and money a decision-making process that leads to consensus and fair outcomes a focus on the children of the marriage a plan to control costs that can often escalate out of control in typical divorce proceedings a process that rejects blame or victimization a focus on the future that has a well-thought-out plan for parenting and finances. More and more Canadians are turning to this new divorce approach to help them transition to new beginnings. If you are facing the reality of divorce, you owe it to yourself, our chi8ldren, and your bank account to read a book that offers promise, not dread, and calm instead of a storm. "This Practical step-by-step process will not only save considerable time, energy and money, but most of all it will provide a clear path for a hopeful future." —Les Hewitt

42 Rules for Divorcing with Children

42 Rules for Divorcing with Children
Author: Melinda L. Roberts
Publisher: Happy About
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2012-09
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1607730731

42 rules for divorcing with children offers practical advice for managing a healthy divorce, building a better team of Exes with children living in two houses, minimizing stress and anxiety on all fronts, and constructing positive relationships with open and consistent communication.

The New Yorker's Guide to Collaborative Divorce

The New Yorker's Guide to Collaborative Divorce
Author: Katherine Eisold Miller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2015-08-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692496244

Collaborative divorce is an emotionally intelligent approach to divorce that is gaining popularity and attention in New York from people who wish to preserve their ability to co-parent effectively and divorce with dignity, respect and compassion. If you are interested in:* Protecting your children's emotional wellbeing* Focusing your resources on resolution rather than retribution* Finding a way to work together to find solutions that make sense for all of you* Focusing on creating a plan for your future Then you should know about the Collaborative Divorce option. This guidebook to Collaborative Divorce offers important information about the process for people facing divorce in New York.

Splitopia

Splitopia
Author: Wendy Paris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2016-03-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1476725535

Packed with research, insights, and illuminating (and often funny) examples from Paris’s own divorce experience, this book is a “practical and reassuring guide to parting well.” —Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project Engaging and revolutionary, filled with wit, searing honesty, and intimate interviews, Splitopia is a call for a saner, more civil kind of divorce. As Paris reveals, divorce has improved dramatically in recent decades due to changes in laws and family structures, advances in psychology and child development, and a new understanding of the importance of the father. Positive psychology expert and author of Happier, Tal Ben-Shahar, writes that Paris’s “personal insights, stories, and research” create “a smart and interesting guide that can be extremely helpful for those going through divorce.” Reading this book can be the difference between an expensive, ugly battle and a decent divorce, between children sucked under by conflict or happy, healthy kids. This is “a compelling case that it’s high time for a new definition of Happily Ever After—for everyone” (Brigid Schulte, author of Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time).

Untangling Your Marriage

Untangling Your Marriage
Author: Nanci A. Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2022-10-11
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1538166909

Divorce is hard, but it doesn’t have to be so painful. Collaborative Divorce offers a different, more peaceful path to ending a marriage; this book shows you how to do it. Divorce is like a death in the family, except no one is bringing you food. This book is a myth buster, and an antidote to the negative messaging about divorce. It offers hope and encouragement for the reader to choose a divorce process that aligns with their own core values. Values such as dignity, mutual respect, integrity, and compassion. It offers the reader an introduction to Collaborative Divorce, both the mindset and the process, as it has been established and practiced for the past thirty years. Collaborative divorce is an interdisciplinary, non-adversarial divorce model. It is like mediation on steroids. Divorce is a complex process. It involves legal, psychological, and financial considerations. Collaborative divorce uses an interdisciplinary approach, and it is not dominated by the lawyers and is more cost efficient. A skillful mental health coach addresses emotional issues such as anger, sadness, rage, betrayal, guilt, shame, excitement, relief, and acceptance for everyone in the family. The financial neutral will collect, organize, analyze, and present the financial resources of the couple in a way to ensure an equal understanding of what can often feel like overwhelming amount of data. The lawyers provide legal advice. The core focus of the book is to reframe divorce from a shame and blame game to a paradigm where divorce is viewed through the lens of grief. It offers each reader an opportunity to show up for their divorce and present their best selves, even if they don’t feel like it. It emphasizes honor and respect for everyone involved. This book is an open and honest portrayal of divorce from the perspective of a veteran divorce attorney, who has also been divorced. We live in a time of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. A divorce is just like that, and the antidote to those conditions include concepts like collaboration, deep listening, innovation, flexibility, and an ability to pivot. Collaborative divorce is the best kept secret of family lawyers. It is an opportunity to emerge from a divorce, healthy and wholehearted, not bitter, and resentful. Learn how to do it here.

Financial Dignity After Divorce

Financial Dignity After Divorce
Author: Christine Luken
Publisher: 7 Pillars, LLC
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-03-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780998591223

Are you ready to recover a positive and healthy relationship . . .with your money?Money is the third person in any marriage, but unlike your ex, money will be with you forever. That's why it's important for a divorcing woman to not only heal her heart but also learn how to mend her relationship with money.If you're feeling overwhelmed and confused about handling money on your own after a divorce, you're not alone. Christine Luken, Founder of the Financial Dignity® Movement, writes not just from a place of expertise but also personal experience. After guiding countless women to a place of financial security and independence, Christine has compiled those success stories with a step-by-step process for women to effectively manage both their emotions and their money.In this book you'll learn how to:?Increase your financial security?Identify & defuse your emotional money hot buttons ?Manage your personal finances with ease and confidence?Release the money baggage from your previous relationship-for good?And develop healthy money behaviors to carry you confidently into your bright futureFinancial Dignity® After Divorce is an easy to read, practical, and inspirational personal finance book for divorcing or separating women. You don't have to take this journey alone. You can mend your heart and your relationship with money.

Better Apart

Better Apart
Author: Gabrielle Hartley
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2019-01-29
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0062689428

“Potent, accessible tools for your family and your future.” —Gwyneth Paltrow Marital strife and divorce can be your chance to profoundly transform yourself, your mindset and your relationship with a more harmonious and steady vision. While many of us may be better together, some of us can actually become better apart. What if you emerged from your divorce stronger and more resilient than ever before? Better Apart is the first book to apply the life-changing, healing wisdom of meditation and yoga, combined with practical advice, to help anyone going through the painful and seemingly intractable realities of divorce. Gabrielle Hartley and Elena Brower are warm and caring guides who can help you compassionately part from your partner. Whether your separation is amicable, or your ex is combative, Better Apart can help you find peace, calm, and hope. Blending practical advice from a legal perspective together with spiritual wisdom, Gabrielle and Elena are experts and realists who have created a simple five-step process that uses original meditations, perspective-shifting exercises, and fresh suggestions to help navigate the common legal and emotional pitfalls of divorce. Don’t worry if you’ve never tried yoga or mediation; Gabrielle’s insight buttressed by Elena’s practices and exercises are accessible for all. Together, they show you how to meaningfully shift your mindset and to move forward though any—or all—parts of this emotionally fraught process. Better Apart radically reframes the way couples experience, execute, and recover from when “for better or worse” is no longer an option, and helps you find the road to a new mindset and better life.

7 Secrets from the Divorce Whisperer

7 Secrets from the Divorce Whisperer
Author: Marta J. Papa J.D.
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2019-07-12
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1982229195

If you want to survive the life crisis of divorce, this is the one book you need. Divorce attorney and mediator Marta J. Papa wrote this book to guide you through the maelstrom of the legal process of divorce and help you be the architect of your new future. She poses tough questions to make sure a divorce from your spouse will really resolve your unhappiness. She explores how divorce affects children and what you can do to mitigate the negative impact on your kids. Marta provides all the information you need to calm your waves of anger, frustration, and fear. This book is a blueprint for saving yourself, your money, and your children during divorce.

You Don't Have to Sell the Farm to Get Rid of the Jackass

You Don't Have to Sell the Farm to Get Rid of the Jackass
Author: Bonnie Jerbasi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2014-08-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781937397265

Finally, a book that cuts through the confusing world of family law and gives you an insider's view on how to navigate your divorce with dignity and without draining your bank account. For those who are contemplating divorce, in the midst of a divorce, or embroiled in post-judgment proceedings, this book will open your eyes to the workings of the legal profession and arm you with the tools you need to survive--even thrive--during this difficult time. Putting aside issues regarding children, for the most part, ending a relationship is simply a math problem.To help you navigate the storms that accompany divorce, Bonnie Jerbasi draws upon more than 25 years in the legal profession and her own two divorces to give you firsthand advice on how to make it to the other side of divorce in one piece. Written in simple, straightforward language--not legalese--you will learn things like how to choose the perfect attorney, how to keep control of your own case and budget, and how to keep a sane perspective while your relationship ends and your family structure changes. If you want to hold on to your sanity, cash, and dignity, read this book and heed the advice so you can move forward gracefully into your new life.

Dignity

Dignity
Author: Chris Arnade
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0525534733

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A profound book.... It will break your heart but also leave you with hope." —J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy "[A] deeply empathetic book." —The Economist With stark photo essays and unforgettable true stories, Chris Arnade cuts through "expert" pontification on inequality, addiction, and poverty to allow those who have been left behind to define themselves on their own terms. After abandoning his Wall Street career, Chris Arnade decided to document poverty and addiction in the Bronx. He began interviewing, photographing, and becoming close friends with homeless addicts, and spent hours in drug dens and McDonald's. Then he started driving across America to see how the rest of the country compared. He found the same types of stories everywhere, across lines of race, ethnicity, religion, and geography. The people he got to know, from Alabama and California to Maine and Nevada, gave Arnade a new respect for the dignity and resilience of what he calls America's Back Row--those who lack the credentials and advantages of the so-called meritocratic upper class. The strivers in the Front Row, with their advanced degrees and upward mobility, see the Back Row's values as worthless. They scorn anyone who stays in a dying town or city as foolish, and mock anyone who clings to religion or tradition as naïve. As Takeesha, a woman in the Bronx, told Arnade, she wants to be seen she sees herself: "a prostitute, a mother of six, and a child of God." This book is his attempt to help the rest of us truly see, hear, and respect millions of people who've been left behind.