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KIDS. WHAT’S A PARENT TO DO? HOW TO HELP YOURS THROUGH DIVORCE?
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, children, Communication, divorce, Preserving families, 0Children have their own adjustment to divorce. Parents in the middle of their own upheaval often feel ill-equipped to...
Values Drive Us–The Big Fives
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , BA PLC Business, Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Divorce, Estate Planning/Elder Care, Process Choices, advice, choices, divorce, family, family law, lawyer, options, Preserving families, Resolution, 0I’ve known in my bones the Big Five Values that drive every decision we make at our firm. Why had...
Spring means you decide–for free!
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Estate Planning/Elder Care, Advance Directive, advice, choices, elder law, estate planning, grand rapids, Health Care Power of Attorney, lawyer, Living Will, power of attorney, st. joseph, 0“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” Stephen Covey No matter...
Why I Believe in Second Chances
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Gratitude, Managing Emotions, Thoughts, Uncategorized, children, Communication, family, Preserving families, stress, 0A personal message after the death of my dad Monday, December 19, 2016. Earlier this month, I participated in a...
Your Children’s Thanksgiving Holiday Story
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Coparenting, Holiday, children, coparenting, family, holidays, Preserving families, Resolution, Thanksgiving, 0Thanksgiving is over and you just wrote the story of the experience your children just lived. When they look...
Assumptions–do they help?
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Managing Emotions, Thoughts, Uncategorized, Communication, Conflict as Catalyst, Resolution, stress, 0The office calendar said our team meeting had been bumped by a mediation session. What? We take monthly team...
What I tell people I love
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Divorce, How to Contemplate Divorce, Process Choices, advice, attorney, children, divorce, family, Resolution, settlement, 0People whom I love deeply are contemplating a divorce. They talked to me recently. I’ll tell you what I told...
Is life really that precious?
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Divorce, Estate Planning/Elder Care, Family Resolutions, Managing Emotions, Thoughts, advice, change, choices, Conflict as Catalyst, self care, stress, 0I ended a mediation session this past week and one of the soon-to-be-former spouses said, “I just don’t want...
A book not to miss: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Managing Emotions, Thoughts, advice, change, family, Preserving families, self care, 0“Life wasn’t about avoiding suffering.” “Human relationality forms the bedrock of meaning.” These are just a couple of quotes...
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