Articles about Divorce, Mediation, Finances, Custody, Legal and Psychological issues pertaining to Divorce.

NEW BEGINNINGS
These articles provide important information and useful navigation tools to individuals who are struggling with redefining one or many different aspects of their lives following divorce.

New Relationship Horizons

Coping with Stress and Change
Marital separation and divorce can be two of the most difficult events in an adult's life. People develop patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior that signal stress. If you are not aware of these patterns, you might ignore their signals.
Relationships After Divorce
Relationships between former spouses can be grouped into five categories. The first two are fairly positive; both parents continue to have a relationship with their children, and the disruption of the separation or divorce is minimized. In the last three categories, lack of support and cooperation between parents causes problems for both the children and the adults.
Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire
Remarriages that occur soon after the dissolution of the last marriage - less than a year after separation from the previous spouse - are apt to conclude in a similar way, namely, in divorce. What would lead someone to behave in such a foolhardy manner after so recently going through the sobering ordeal of divorce? Several factors may account for such imprudent action.
Is Forgiveness Possible?
Divorce is a stressful time emotionally, financially, physically, and psychologically. It often results in two people who were once rational human beings showing the darkest sides of their personality. The divorce process may also trigger negative feelings from the past. It often seems that when trust is shattered between two people in a relationship, forgiveness can never be attained. Contrary to that, this may be the perfect time to think about forgiveness and how forgiveness could change this experience for you.
Putting Your Life Together: 15 Things to Do After a Divorce
The depth of emotional suffering of the newly separated or divorced is not generally realized. While society allows the bereaved years to adjust, the divorced are frequently expected to "pull themselves together" in a matter of weeks, unaided. Divorce results in the death of a marriage, but does not have the finality of a physical death. The vestiges of a former way of life remain to remind and overshadow a present existence. It's a hurt that goes deep and is accompanied by the doubt that it will ever heal.