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No sugar coating. It’s hard.
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Divorce, Holiday, Managing Emotions, Uncategorized, advice, change, Don't ReAct, family, Preserving families, Resolution, self care, stress, 0Christmas in the midst of divorce or its recovery is just hard. No denying it. This holiday–which is all...
Mediate, Collaborate or Litigate?
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Divorce, Family Resolutions, How to Contemplate Divorce, Process Choices, advice, attorney, choices, collaborative law, custody, divorce, family law, mediation, settlement, 0It’s confusing. Your best friend who went through her own divorce recently is full of advice. Your father’s advice...
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...
God bless us. Everyone. This one and only Christmas.
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Coparenting, Holiday, Managing Emotions, Uncategorized, advice, attorney, children, Christmas, collaborative, Communication, family, lawyer, Preserving families, stress, 0I’m in Idaho with family. Mother. Sister. Stepson, his wife and seven–you read it right–seven children! Uneventful travel, last...
Be Afraid. Fail Spectacularly
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Divorce, Estate Planning/Elder Care, Family Resolutions, Holiday, Process Choices, Uncategorized, advice, attorney, collaborative divorce, Conflict as Catalyst, divorce, Faillure, family, lawyer, mediation, self care, 0It’s Halloween. We should be well and truly afraid today–of the dark and witches and sugar overload! On a...
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...
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...
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