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
The most devastating moment in my life was when I was asked to leave my family. My then-wife wanted a divorce. She's been planning for months, apparently, but had failed to…
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
I'm feeling a bit like a for sale or for hire ad on Craigslist. Upbeat and optimistic dad of two middle-school kids seeks pleasant and easy-going woman for casual and…
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…
What a Farty Old Dog Taught Me About Parenting, Divorce, and My Codependency
For the last years of his life, my buddy will do whatever he does as an old dog. I will watch him zigzagging around the back yard and try to remain happy for him rather than sad for him. I will love on him as much as I can. And I'll be aware of how my emotional attachments and complaints are mine alone. He's a dog.
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