Younger divorce rates have declined, but Baby Boomer divorces are continuing to climb In 2004, the New York Times had an article called, "The 37 Year Itch," which rolled out a fairly new phenomena researched at the National Center for Marriage and Family Research at Bowling Green University. This research showed that from 1990 to the present, that trend has continued and is expected to … [Read more...]

Rosalind Sedacca is a certified divorce coach who was the founder of the "Child-Centered Divorce Network". In a webcast presented by Chapter 2 Club, Rosalind sets out some of her coaching techniques and great suggestions for helping your children cope with divorce. As Sedacca reminds us, many authorities and studies have shown that it is the conflict of the divorcing parents rather than the … [Read more...]

Rosalind Sedacca is a certified divorce coach and founder of the "Child-Centered Divorce Network." Lisa Decker is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and the CEO and innovative mastermind behind several helpful, divorce-related sites including Divorce Money Matters and www.DivorceTownUSA.com. Lisa has previously been featured in a blog on this website, entitled: "How you Begin Your Divorce is … [Read more...]

Anyone who ever watched the fan favorite sitcom, "Friends," probably loved Matthew Perry's character, Chandler Bing. The world was saddened to learn that, despite all his work to overcome his addictions, the health issues he had developed as a result of them cost him his life on October 28 of this year. His work in helping those with addictions will be his legacy long after the end of his … [Read more...]

Everyone who marries needs a Pre-Marital Agreement (also known as a Pre-Nup) whether they are old or young, whether they are rich or poor. One lady (in the podcast included in this article from CNN) states that a Pre-Marital/Pre-Nup Agreement is simply insurance for what might go wrong in a marriage.  She says it does not mean that either party expects their marriage to fail, but just like … [Read more...]

In Part 1 of this series, I said I was wondering this past week: why is January Child-Centered Divorce Month?  I suspect it is because there are so many divorces filed in January. The parents feel like they have gotten (themselves and their children) through the holidays but by January, they feel they just have to move on from a marriage that is no longer working for them.  Some very … [Read more...]

January is Child-Centered Divorce Month.  I was wondering this past week: why is January Child-Centered Divorce Month? I suspect it is because there are so many divorces filed in January.  The parents feel like they have gotten (themselves and their children) through the holidays but by January, they feel they just have to move on from a marriage that is no longer working for … [Read more...]

The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers has completed a study from attorneys across the nation that show not only an increase in divorces resulting from the Covid pandemic, but even more alarming is that clients' have very little patience. Everyone's patience has been tested through the 2019 forward as the world has suffered through the first worldwide pandemic in over 100 years. It is not … [Read more...]

In Part One of this series, we talked about Money Scripts – how, when we are children and cannot fully understand what we are seeing in the adults around us, we pick up partial information and that often becomes our “money script,” (what we believe about money) in our adult lives. Unfortunately, like Scrooge, sometimes our money scripts can imprison us, whether we are single or in a … [Read more...]

“Scrooge was a miser, to begin with.  There is no doubt whatever about that.” (from “The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge”) “Marley was dead, to begin with.  There is no doubt whatever about that.” (from “A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens”) We typically associate Scrooge and “A Christmas Carol,” with Christmas, right? But just like Scrooge committed to becoming a … [Read more...]