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What Being Lost in the Woods Taught Me
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Divorce, Family Resolutions, Managing Emotions, Thoughts, Uncategorized, advice, Resolution, self care, stress, 0With the right tools, it's possible to find your way through the woods even if you're lost. And with...
COVID KEEPERS–The gifts I plan to keep once it’s gone
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Gratitude, Managing Emotions, Thoughts, Uncategorized, advice, blog, change, choices, Conflict as Catalyst, COVID, family, Preserving families, self care, stress, 0COVID19 has been a disruptor. But some things were worth disrupting and we didn't even know it. What's worth...
First 5s—Tips to Immunize your Marriage Against Coronavirus
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Family Resolutions, Managing Emotions, Thoughts, Uncategorized, advice, Communication, Conflict as Catalyst, family, Preserving families, Resolution, stress, 0COVID-19 has already resulted in numerous causalities. Even the best of marriages can be strained by social isolation and...
What I wish I’d known then
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Divorce, Managing Emotions, Thoughts, Uncategorized, 0Thirty-nine years ago to the day I started writing in an ugly, plain, spiral-bound notebook, I stumbled upon it while cleaning out some papers...
“I don’t want it all to be pretty–it’s a combination of loss and gain. Things are born, live and...
Broken and More Beautiful in the New Year
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Family Resolutions, Holiday, Managing Emotions, Thoughts, advice, Conflict as Catalyst, self care, 0Broken and More Beautiful in the New Year The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the...
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...
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...
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...
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