What to Do When You and Your Ex Have Different Parenting Styles
Co-parenting your children after divorce often shows how different your parenting style is from your ex. Here’s how to manage the potential conflicts and confusion different parenting styles can cause. By Carolyn Ellis Different homes may mean different parenting styles. Different rules about bedtimes, homework and household chores between mom’s house and dad’s house can make clashes and conflicts inevitable when co-parenting with your ex. When you were married or living together, parents typically assume a “united front” in parenting to provide consistency and clarity for t...
Why Having a Vision for Your Life After Divorce is So Important
You will be co-parenting with your ex for as long as you have children. Having a vision for life after divorce is a powerful tool to help you live your life on your own terms. Here’s why! By Carolyn Ellis You will be co-parents with your ex for as long as you have children. Don’t let yourself be constrained by the current state of your relationship or worries about how you’re going to achieve your vision for your life after divorce. Vision is a powerful tool for everyone, from single moms and divorced dads to CEOs and everyone in between. Businesses, governments, and other large...
Post-Divorce Dating Safety Rules
Dating after divorce can feel like a big maze, with all kinds of ways to meet the next Mr. or Ms. Right. However, it’s important to keep dating safety rules in mind as you get out there and meet new people. By Sabrina Touchino Dating after divorce in the internet age can be an exciting way to meet someone new, but it’s important to be safe. Caution is the keyword here. It doesn't matter how or where you've met someone -- whether it was through the personals, online, at a bar, or even though friends -- don't ignore dating safety by rushing into too much intimacy too fast. Don't be too...
Where To Find Your New Love After Divorce
There's no "surefire" way to meet Mr. or Ms. Right, but opening yourself up to different scenes and a variety of people will certainly increase your chances of success. Here are some tips on broadening your soulmate search and finding love after divorce. By Jeffrey Cottrill Dating can seem like a frightening prospect after you've been divorced. Chances are that you have the disadvantage of not having been in the dating scene for many years -- and the rules and customs are constantly changing. Our fast-paced, busy work world today leaves us with little time to search seriously when dating...
How to Master the Art of Flirting
Dating after divorce can feel awkward, especially if you haven’t practiced your flirtation and conversational skills with potential romantic partners in a while. Here are the essentials to master the art of flirting. By Diana Shepherd Now that you're emotionally ready to meet your soulmate, you have to find him/her. Here's a hint: he/she probably isn't sitting on your sofa waiting to watch Grey’s Anatomy with you. So you're going to have to leave your comfort zone and put yourself out there if you want to get back into the world of dating. This doesn't mean as a single mom or a di...
What Your Ex Thinks of You Is None of Your Business When Co-parenting
Getting divorced means you need to turn your relationship with your ex from a romantic one into a business partnership that focuses on raising your children. Defusing old emotional wounds is key to your success. By Carolyn Ellis Divorce can be complicated if you have children and you need to learn how to be co-parents. Effective co-parenting requires shifting from a romantic/intimate relationship with your ex-spouse into a more business-like partnership that focuses on raising your children together successfully. To do this successfully, you must start to pull out the emotional hooks ...
5 Tips for How to Communicate With Your Ex While Co-parenting
Co-parenting with someone you’re in the midst of divorcing can be a big challenge, especially when you need to plan and communicate with them about your children. Here are some tips to help you keep your conversations productive and in the best interest of your children. By Carolyn Ellis The roles of husband and wife may dissolve when the divorce papers get signed, but the roles of being mother and father to your children are life-long commitments and responsibilities. Some may be fortunate enough to have good working relationships with their ex-wife or ex-husband. Others may have an e...
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