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Divorce Technique Makes The Split Less Stressful

Divorce Technique Makes The Split Less Stressful

Five important services to expect from a divorce or mediation counselor.

When the romance in the relationship is gone but both partners still care for each other's happiness and well-being, it is important to make the best decisions regarding divorce, especially when kids are involved. Marriage Couples and Relationship Counseling's collaborative divorce coaching can help reduce conflict and manage emotional reactions for couples facing divorce.

Are You Making the Best of It Or Settling for Less?

Are You Making the Best of It Or Settling for Less?

3 signs that it’s time to leave your relationship...

It’s been a rough month for Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy, Britney Spears and Jason Trawick and Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. All three of these celebrity couples have announced that they’re breaking up. Making the decision to end a love relationship or marriage is usually not made on impulse. It’s rare for a person to be madly in love one day and ready to pack up and leave the next. Usually, it’s something that’s been building for quite awhile.

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Bid adieu.

3 Reasons Not To Remain Friends With Your Ex

It might seem like a good idea, but trust us, it isn't.

Many women tell me they have become good friends with the guys they had intimate relationships with in the past. They see it as a sign of emotional maturity. Meanwhile, frequently, both parties are emotionally stuck.

My Most Regrettable Breakup Behavior [EXPERT]
What's the worst thing you've ever done to an ex?

My Most Regrettable Breakup Behavior

Breaking up is hard to do ... and revenge is just so tempting!

I have had plenty of relationship experience, and, I thought, there had to be a fair amount tactful exits among them. But graceful goodbyes? Not so much.

6 Instant Self-Esteem Boosters When You Get Dumped (EXPERT)

6 Instant Self-Esteem Boosters When You Get Dumped (EXPERT)

If you have been dumped personally or professionally, your self-esteem starts to fall. Boost it up.

  WOW! That really hurts. When you have great expectations of a long term relationship and lasting love, you feel good about yourself and confident in the future. Then you get the dreaded Dear John/Jane letter or the pink slip at work and immediately go from the heights of excitement to the depths of disappointment. Being dumped can change your life and confidence in an instant.

10 Ways To Tell If Your Marriage Is Over [EXPERT]
Has your marriage hit a dead end?

10 Ways To Tell If Your Marriage Is Over

Don't let divorce catch you off-guard!

Despite divorce being so common, many couples are caught off guard when it actually happens to them. They believe that if they just begin to love one another again, everything will turn out fine. This myth, however, lulls them into missing the warning signs that suggest that their marriage is in trouble.

What Does Taking A Break Really Mean?

What Does Taking A Break Really Mean?

Taking a break in a relationship has become the easy way out of an inevitable break up.

  What the heck does “We are taking a break in our relationship” really mean? So many people are doing it today & how do they get away with it? It is the same as having your cake & eating it too ~ you may as well cut off a big piece & spoon feed it to them!

Divorce Usually Isn't A Surprise

Divorce Usually Isn't A Surprise

Men often cry foul play over divorce, feeling they were blindsided~but women feel empowered by it.

Divorce is always good for women, if not right away, then eventually. I say this because women typically do not divorce on a whim, they do so after years sacrificing their wants and needs for the benefit of others, until they finally learn that unhappiness is not par for the course. Women take unhappiness more seriously than men because unhappiness takes a bigger toll on us.

When Should I "Break Up" With A Bad Friend?
When Should I "Break Up" With A Bad Friend?

When Should I "Break Up" With A Bad Friend?

How to know it's time to finally end your toxic friendship.

Although you and your BFF have been friends for what seems like forever, you can't help but notice that she's been bringing you down lately. She's unsupportive of you and your life choices, unnecessarily mean or hurtful, and is no longer giving you the kind of friendship that you want. So, how do you "break up" with her? 12 Types Of Friends You Should Break Up With

Is It Time To Walk Away?

Is It Time To Walk Away?

It is better to walk away than to be miserable.

Love is the most powerful emotion a human being can feel. It is an antecedent to a plethora of emotions stemming from wonder to despair. When relationships end, the person left behind will always wonder to themselves, “Didn’t I once know you?” especially if their heart was shattered.