The Low-Conflict Divorce Hustle: What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
Equal parenting is how we started this whole "kids" thing. Don't you think equal parenting is how we should finish it? My then-wife went to see an attorney during the…
Back to the Beginning: Co-Parenting with Serenity
Co-parenting is about accepting the other person for who they are, exactly as they are, and holding them in the best light you can. As we walk through our individual…
The Good Dad’s Divorce: Being Asked to Leave Everything Behind
We need our dads to show up for us, as well as our moms. And when the dad is removed from a family, with the SPO, the balance is shifted dramatically in favor of the "mom as the emotional center" of everyone's lives.
Seeking Happy
In this life, I believe, we are all striving to find happiness. Often, happiness is elusive. Often, our lives are more challenging and we're working on survival rather than the…
Grief is Underneath: A Divorce Fable
"I sat with my anger long enough, until she told me her real name grief." In the beginning, starting out on a relationship journey towards love and parenting, things are…
Custody Should Be a Collaborative Term
If you are getting a divorce and you have kids, go for 50/50 parenting or nothing at all. FIGHT for 50/50 parenting and JOINT custody. Do not agree to be…
For Hire: Used Husband, Classic Model, Works Well With Kids
And so, I've been girlfriend free since the end of the summer and it's fine. I'd rather not be. But I'd rather be alone that coping with another person's major emotional distress. I don't need drama or high theater.
Cultivating Low-Reactivity as a Divorced Dad or Co-Parenting with An Angry Partner
My ex-wife does stuff that pisses me off all the time. The trick for me, has been to ignore the affront and keep moving along with my own agenda. I…
