Coping with Divorce

Here are 4 Ways Divorced Parents Can Make the Holidays Joyful for Their Children

Just because you and your ex-spouse are no longer together doesn’t mean you can’t co-parent peacefully during the holiday season. There are many ways divorced parents can make the holidays memorable for their children.

Your First Thanksgiving After Divorce: 6 Things to Do to Get Through the Holidays

Navigating your first (or second, or third) Thanksgiving after divorce will require some extra effort, but that extra effort will be worth it. These six tips will help you get through – and maybe even enjoy – the holiday.

Thanksgiving Challenge: Giving Thanks and Staying Positive

You may be dreading the approach of Thanksgiving – especially if you’re recently divorced and not accustomed to being single on this family holiday. This “Thanksgiving Challenge” invites you to enjoy the post-divorce holidays by using these tips and techniques.

Halloween For Divorced Parents Can be Scarier Than a Horror Movie

Some parents dread Halloween worrying about fighting with their ex, splitting time with them, or missing out on Halloween altogether if it isn’t their year.

Downsizing: Shedding A Different Kind Of Weight So You Can Rise Up After Divorce

Although downsizing is a lifestyle change, I decided to look for the good in a challenging situation. My new perspective is that I am upsizing to a new, purposeful style of life that is full of hope and promise.

How to Survive Thanksgiving if Your Ex Is a TURKEY!

Some divorced parents are irrational, unreasonable, and unable to keep their children out of the middle of the conflict they have with their co-parent – and they tend to ramp up their bad behavior on holidays. Here’s how to handle your ex during Thanksgiving.

Is There a Limitation Period in Family Law?

When married couples separate or divorce, they divide their properties. In Ontario, the division of matrimonial property is based on equalization of net family property.

How to Be Present and Peaceful When You Can’t Stop Thinking

Pausing can mean meditation, drinking coffee alone, or even listening to lo-fi music. Whatever brings you that kind of mental pause, do it.

Will Receiving Alimony And/Or Child Support Payments Count As Income For A Refinancing Or New Mortgage?

If you are divorced or are going through a divorce, you might assume that receiving alimony and/or child support payments will qualify as income to refinance your current mortgage or get a new one. Unfortunately, you may discover that is not necessarily true. What you and others might consider income and what mortgage lenders consider qualified income may be two very different things.