By: Tess Worrell
Email, texting, instant messaging, Facebook–modern technology makes delivering messages quick, painless, and completely avoidant of personal contact with a former spouse. While that can sometimes be a blessing, it can also be a curse. How can couples use technology to serve
By: Tess Worrell
All parents struggle to build communication with their children. Yet, divorced parents face additional challenges. The time to connect is cut as children move between two homes. The layers of ongoing emotion cloud communication. Parents themselves often carry “guilt-baggage”
By: Tess Worrell
February can be a tough month. The focus on Cupid and good feelings often overwhelms those dealing with the confusion and insecurity of family bonds unraveling. How can parents communicate their love when children may need to hear it most?
Gary Chapman in his book, The Five
“He did it AGAIN!” groaned Miranda as she threw her phone. Fortunately, the phone bounced. Miranda’s mood didn’t recover quite so well.
For weeks, she had been planning her first date since the divorce. Never expecting to get involved again, she found herself looking forward
By: Tess Worrell
Christmas–the season of peace and joy, right? Most of us long for some sort of Normal Rockwell experience–even when we must share the children with an ex. But, what if the other parent’s holiday choices create more dissension than celebration? After a divorce, how
“Life is 10% what happened to me and 90% how I react to it.” Charles Swindoll.
When divorce strikes, especially if it’s not our idea, we often feel out of control. That life is happening to us.
New living arrangements, different financial circumstances, dividing time with the children,
By: Tess Worrell
Harry, an introvert, married his outgoing secretary 15 years ago. He prefers quiet, home-based activities while she loves going out to be with people. He loves to pair great wines with exotic meals; she’s a meat and potatoes girl. They have about two big arguments a month. They
How do I make the changes needed to get through this? I can’t even imagine what life will be like how do I know whether to ask for the house or the savings account? How do I know whether to go back to school or get a job right away? How can I decide? What will be right?? Jeff’s decision
Think of the last time you waited for the doctor to tell you whether you had cancer. The last time you waited to hear whether you got the job. The last time you waited to see if the prospective buyer was going to make an offer on the house. What was the hardest part of the process the answer or not
By: Tess Worrell
Most couples travel a maze of emotion and thought to finally decide, “We aren’t going to stay married.” Once it comes, the decision resonates. The challenge. The people who haven’t traveled the maze with you. How do you break the news to friends and family?
Telling
