YOUR DIVORCE IS REALLY A ‘NUMBERS GAME’ – SO WATCH YOUR ‘PROFITS’

It sounds mercenary, but your property settlement, in which you deal with the financial consequences of separation or divorce, is really just a commercial transaction.  An important and life-changing financial ‘deal’, but a transaction nevertheless.   To examine whether that transaction has been favourable for you, the cost of its completion must be measured against…

THE HIDDEN COSTS OF DIVORCE

Outcomes achieved after separation and divorce are often measured by their ‘cost’ – after those costs have been paid, can the outcome be considered a success?   The cost which immediately comes to mind when assessing a settlement outcome is legal fees – the professional fees you pay to your lawyers, and the experts used…

MANAGING TOXIC COMMUNICATION – 5 steps before you press ‘send’

In last week’s blog (‘Honey catches more flies than vinegar – 5 tips to change toxic communication’) I wrote about changing the way we interact with our former partners and co-parents, so as to remove toxic communication from daily life.   I had some really interesting questions emailed through to me.  Feedback was largely that…