Parenting Divorce

You may be divorcing, divorced, never married, a grandparent, or other relative of a child growing up between two homes. For whatever reason you find yourself in the situation of helping a child grow up between two homes, it's normal to wonder how to do so now that you're no longer (or maybe never were) a single-home family. Between Two Homes has the answers. In this book, you'll learn how to remain or become coparents (instead of opponents) and how to help your child grow and thrive while living between two homes.

Breakups. The damning finality of the word scares every one of us. That moment when we know the end has come when we have come to terms with the hurt and whatever you have been battling with. The love is no longer there, the memories are not enough to keep us together anymore, and we have come to the final bus stop; we are going to break up. We are going to break their hearts.

Weaving together these three true stories, Jessie Stephens captures the painful but wholeheartedly universal experience of heartbreak. Deeply relatable, addictive to the very last word, and powerfully human, Heartsick reminds us that emotional pain can make us as it breaks us and that storytelling has the ultimate healing power.

You’ve been betrayed. Maybe your partner has cheated on you, or abused you, or ruined you financially, or failed to live up to their commitments to you. Or maybe a family member or close friend has lied about you, or insulted you, or disinherited you, or treated you in ways you just can’t overlook. How do you get through the emotional turmoil? How can you get past the anger and learn to trust again? How do you decide what to do about your relationship with the one who betrayed you?

Your Place or Mine? is a detailed resource for separating parents. It will help you navigate the legal system, including negotiating a settlement, mediation, and litigation, and explains the nuances of different paths to dispute resolution. It also provides specific advice about what to include in a compassionate separation agreement, such as specifying how far parents can live from each other, where transitions take place, how to handle kids’ belongings, communication, future disputes, and introducing your child to a new partner.

Most parents don’t start out or aspire to be deadbeat parents…not really. They might be jerks or psychopaths or sociopaths or narcissists or curmudgeons or psychotic or unstable or unfit or insane or ill or unhappy or ill-tempered or emotional or delusional or unrealistic. They become deadbeat parents for a myriad of reasons that we will explore in this book.

How to Help Your Spouse Heal from Your Affair is the book that can help you, step by step, to recover from betrayal, rebuild trust, and repair your relationship after a betrayal through forgiveness and expert advice from consultant Suellen McDolly. Healing a relationship that has recently been tested and broken by an affair is a difficult journey, but not one that is impossible. Many spouses or partners seek to rebuild a relationship or marriage after an affair has come to light, but often do not know what to do or how to talk to their spouse to help begin the healing process.

Are you struggling against a courtroom full of people who are stressing you out more than your ex did? Are you terrified of losing everything in the midst of a high conflict divorce? Are you terrified that the torture will never end? Do you fear retaliation from the narcissist, and do you fear losing your children or your sanity to him? In 20 minutes, we will discuss a lot of the feelings and emotions that you are going through, and we will tell you how to better cope with going up against the narcissist in court.

There is no doubt about it; being cheated on by a spouse is among one of the most distressing and upsetting things that can happen to someone. If you suspect your partner is cheating on you then you may be tempted to challenge them. Be forewarned: this is usually a detrimental decision. Unless you are 100% certain and you have the cast-iron proof to support your accusation, patience is the secret.

Being in a relationship with a narcissist can be traumatizing. After all, you have to see them almost every day. In some cases, you can choose to cut ties with the person, but in other cases, you might not have that freedom. In many other cases, people don’t want to give up on the narcissist because they feel guilty that they might be abandoning the person in a time of need. Unbeknownst to them, the narcissist might be aware of their intentions and might be manipulating them.

Find Me the Money follows the story of Jackie as she navigates her divorce after being betrayed by her husband. Determined to get the money she deserves in her divorce, Jackie digs into their finances and faces the uncomfortable truth about how and where her husband spent (and hid) their money.

What if your child’s “life-after-divorce” could be better than you’ve hoped for? As the post-divorce dust settles, your child’s chances of leading a healthy, successful life are directly linked to how you and your former spouse relate. So instead of listening to statistics, listen to this book to discover real world co-parenting strategies from author, counselor, and co-parent Tammy Daughtry. Co-parenting isn’t easy. But with these strategies for success, you’ll be prepared to create an enjoyable childhood and a healthy upbringing that will impact your child for a lifetime.

There’s a science to breaking up. Or rather, there’s a science to getting over a breakup, and you can’t spell guinea pig without Gina. In this funny, honest, and unapologetically raw literary debut, Gina Jestadt documents the spiral of despair she slid down after her first real breakup - and the experimental methods she trialed to claw her way back out. Her story speaks to - and for - the many individuals who have had their lives derailed by the sudden loss of someone they thought was their "one true love".

The weeks and months following separation can be the most difficult time of your life. But, with a little help and support, you can find the strength you need to create the life you want and deserve. Separation Transformation takes you by the hand and provides all the information you need for the legally and emotionally challenging journey ahead.

Four years after an unexpected divorce, best-selling writer and funny lady Margot Starbuck found herself venturing into the unknown waters of online dating. What she discovered surprised her - and changed her.

As a 12-year-old girl, Maria Housden's vision of a happy future included everything that society expects girls to yearn for: a home, a husband, and, of course, children. Life had other plans.

In Please Don’t Say You’re Sorry marriage-loving divorce attorney Nicole Sodoma shows up with empowering advice to help you sustain a real and happy marriage, recognize when that’s just not possible, and know what to expect and do from there. What’s more, she does it with a generous dose of humor to remind you that you can and will laugh again. Whether you are looking for advice on how to better your marriage, are considering separation, or find yourself knee-deep in divorce, this audiobook has something for you.

Small-town drama makes Hollywood look like a walk in the park. For those going through a divorce in a small town and are ready to feel confident, capable, and competent, now is the time to take action with Small Town Divorce. Denise Anderson walked through those same trenches after experiencing her own dramatic small-town divorce. She has coached and mentored dozens of others who have experienced similar drama, taking them from surviving to thriving.

One out of four men face abuse by an intimate partner, and the numbers are likely to increase. Men stuck in toxic marriages rarely receive empathy because people expect them to be “stronger” and “able to withstand anything. And, with more cases of men silently struggling with mental illness and suicide, it’s essential to talk about this issue that society has swept under the rug for so long: men in toxic relationships.

El fin de las relaciones amorosas es algo normal y frecuente. Hoy en día es raro tener una única relación para siempre; y de hecho lo más habitual es tener varias parejas a lo largo de la vida. Pero por otro lado, la experiencia emocional negativa que sufrimos al romper con la persona con la que teníamos una relación sentimental puede pesarnos mucho. Y a veces eso nos impide incluso disfrutar de nuevas relaciones tras la ruptura.