Last year, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony split up and are working out an amicable divorce. This year, Seal and Heidi Klum have also decided to end their marriage and are aiming for a “divorce with dignity”, read the article here. “Divorcing with...
Divorce With Dignity Blog: Navigating the Journey with Grace
What’s Your Divorce Plan?
If you were about to start a project that included decisions that would affect almost every aspect of your life – including relationships, living arrangements, finances, your children, social interactions, etc. – would you hire someone (for a LOT...
Divorce and Children: Providing Stability
Divorce is difficult and distressing for the separating couple, but for the children it is just as traumatic. It is a major upheaval in the stability of their lives – what they thought they could count on has become uncertain. As they see the...
Life After Divorce: Finding Your Wings
A divorce can leave you with lots of different feelings to deal with. Loneliness, emptiness, depression, feeling unengaged in life, feeling stuck – all are common results of the life upheaval a divorce puts you through. At Divorce With Dignity...
Before You Hire a Divorce Attorney…
So, you’ve decided you want a divorce. Perhaps you have already tried counseling to save your marriage, but have been unsuccessful. You want to move forward and get on with it – but wait! Before you jump in and start calling divorce attorneys,...
Divorce Negotiating Tips – 7 Do’s and Don’ts
For those seeking a collaborative and peaceful divorce, negotiation skills are essential to effective conflict resolution. Successful negotiations take planning, preparation, and a desire to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement. Here are some...
What Exactly Is An Amicable Divorce?
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word “amicable” means to be “characterized by friendly goodwill” or “peaceable”. The term “amicable divorce” may seem like an oxymoron. When couples are at the point of deciding that divorce is their...
What Is Collaborative Divorce?
There are two ways this term is used. It is a term for a legal process, but can also be used to indicate any method used to go through the divorce process without going to divorce court. When referred to as a legal process, collaborative divorce...
Telling the Kids About Your Divorce
So you’ve made the decision to divorce. Now, how do you break it to the kids? Most divorcing parents dread this painful task. Who wouldn’t? But it must be done, so to alleviate your apprehension about it, here are some guidelines to help you...
Unhappy Marriage vs. Amicable Divorce
Deciding whether or not to give up on a marriage is one of the most difficult decisions people may have to face in their lives. But it is something most married people have probably contemplated at one time or another. Between 40-50 percent of...
Cindy Elwell
Founder, Divorce With Dignity
I believe that we are much better off making our own decisions about our private lives, instead of leaving it in the hands of the legal system.