April 29, 2020
Marriage Story was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHi-a1n8t7M. If you are considering a divorce, it should be required watching. The depiction of […]
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March 31, 2020
COVID-19 has already resulted in numerous causalities. Even the best of marriages can be strained by social isolation and 24/7 togetherness. Those which previously experienced symptoms […]
March 19, 2019
Currently, when you file for divorce in Michigan, the case title in the Complaint for Divorce reads, “JOHN SMITH, Plaintiff vs. JANE SMITH, Defendant.” Versus. A […]
December 20, 2018
Christmas in the midst of divorce or its recovery is just hard. No denying it. This holiday–which is all about family and traditions–can thrust broken dreams […]
December 22, 2017
I’m in Idaho with family. Mother. Sister. Stepson, his wife and seven–you read it right–seven children! Uneventful travel, last minute gift orders on Amazon and Dutch […]
October 31, 2017
It’s Halloween. We should be well and truly afraid today–of the dark and witches and sugar overload! On a transatlantic flight last month, I watched the […]
April 25, 2017
I’ve known in my bones the Big Five Values that drive every decision we make at our firm. Why had I not put it to paper before? […]
January 17, 2017
A personal message after the death of my dad Monday, December 19, 2016. Earlier this month, I participated in a presentation addressing, “What to do when your […]
November 29, 2016
Thanksgiving is over and you just wrote the story of the experience your children just lived. When they look back as adults, what will they remember? […]
October 26, 2016
People whom I love deeply are contemplating a divorce. They talked to me recently. I’ll tell you what I told them: Be sure. Have you given your […]
August 13, 2016
“Life wasn’t about avoiding suffering.” “Human relationality forms the bedrock of meaning.” These are just a couple of quotes from a profound book by a Yale […]
May 17, 2016
Yesterday my uncle was buried. Two of his three children were at the funeral. The third? Apparently my uncle’s former wife had threatened their now grown daughter […]