Life can feel like suspended animation for those who separated prior to, or during, the Covid lockdowns, and have been caught up in a ‘separated under the one roof’ situation ever since. Money can be tight for those on furlough or reduced hours, and rental accommodation can be hard to come by, creating a strange…
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SO YOU ARE SEPARATED … BUT ARE YOU STILL IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR EX, WITHOUT KNOWING IT?
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…
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…