Relationships fall on a spectrum of emotions, and our default view is to see them at their most positive – people form, and remain in, relationships and marriages when they are in love. But at the other end of that spectrum lies love’s equal and opposite number, hate. When people separate, it is natural…
Tag: managing divorce
REVENGE – A DISH BEST SERVED … NOT AT ALL
When people who have separated first see a family lawyer, they are, understandably, experiencing the full gamut of emotions – shock, despair, anger. How they feel can change from hour to hour, and day to day. As their case progresses, their feelings can become more fixed. Some feel an acceptance, and simply want to…
DROWNING IN YOUR DIVORCE? TIME TO GET YOUR PRIORITIES RIGHT
Old adage, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. The same is true of your separation and divorce. When I meet people for the first time, they often tell me that they are feeling overcome. There are so many problems, and they seem to grow by the day. They…
TAKE A HOLIDAY FROM YOUR DIVORCE
Enduring a separation or divorce is one of the most emotionally intensive events of one’s life (second only, in my experience, to renovating a bathroom). Ironically, planning a wedding is so intense that we need to have that little sojourn afterwards, called a ‘honeymoon’. So why don’t we take a planned holiday from…