by Nancy | Apr 29, 2026
Way back when I was still married to my first husband, it took me four years to gather the courage to tell him I wanted to end the relationship. I knew for sure that I wasn’t going to stay married to him forever, yet I procrastinated. I kept postponing my self-talk...
by Nancy | Mar 25, 2026
Decision making is complicated. Just ask my divorce mediation clients how they’ve struggled with the decision to end the relationship, and how hard they were on themselves during the process. What would happen if your best friend asked you to weigh in on her...
by Nancy | Mar 4, 2026
One of my top goals as a divorce mediator is being accessible to my clients, whether past, present, or future. I don’t have to remind myself that ending a relationship or navigating one with a co-parent is challenging, to say the least. That’s why I know...
by Nancy | Aug 29, 2016
“Vanity Fair,” by William Makepeace Thackeray (note his middle name) was required reading for me as an English Lit major in college. The only thing I actually remember from the book was the line, “Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.”...
by Nancy | Aug 22, 2016
When it comes to divorce, are men given the same consideration as women? I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately; wondering about the different ways men and women approach divorce, deal with it, and how we all survive it. And although every situation is unique,...
by Nancy | Jul 18, 2016
You were divorced from each other several years ago, when your kids were still in elementary school. Co-parenting was challenging, but you communicated with each other, and the kids were flexible and resilient. Now they’re in high school, and everything has changed....
by Nancy | Jul 9, 2016
They waited until we got to the dog park before they dropped the bombshell. They’re splitting up! My dad is moving out of the house this weekend! I had no idea their marriage was in trouble. Of course, I’m easily distracted by a Milk Bone, so I haven’t paid a lot of...
by Nancy | Jan 12, 2016
This blog post originally appeared on LG Designs’ website as a guest blog post. Read the full post here… We all ask and answer dozens of questions in a single day. “Did you find everything you were looking for?” asks the grocery checker at Trader Joe’s....
