Archive for the 'Divorce' Category

3 Things I Wish I’d Known

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Maria Shriver recently asked a question on YouTube:  What are three things you wished you’d known during your last transition?  As she navigates her newly announced separation from Arnold Schwarzenegger, here are the three things I think will be most helpful to her… and things I wished I’d known during my own separation.

5 Signs You’re Not Ready to Start Dating

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

  How can you tell when you’re ready to start dating again after a break-up?  Most people don’t even bother to ask themselves this question; they just dive back in.  But if you want to avoid making the same mistakes in your next relationship, you should pay attention to these signs.

After the Honeymoon is Over

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

     The honeymoon is over.  It’s inevitable, really.  The honeymoon is sustained by certain chemicals in the brain whose job it is to make us horny so we have lots of sex and procreate.  It’s all about survival of the species.  Once the kids come out, a new set of chemicals kick in.  The new [...]

Should You Stay or Should You Go?

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

This blog is for men and women who have been in a relationship for a long time—say ten years or more.  It’s gotten stale, or worse, and you’re trying to decide what to do. Here’s the thing:  your relationship didn’t get bad overnight.  It’s been a long time coming, and there have been signs along [...]

Just Say No to Prince Charming

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

When a woman is in a long term relationship and it has grown stale, she tends to engage in what I call magical thinking.  It’s part of the process of mourning the loss of romantic love; after the shock, denial and betrayal fade, you begin to bargain with the powers that Be.  But then you [...]