Blind Fold
I’m spending a few days in Arizona with my BFF from high school. We found ourselves exploring her allergy to pepper.
OPL Blog
Keeping The Marital Home
What are some of the most common questions about the marital home that I get from my client getting divorced?
The Importance of Empathy
In the midst of the world shutting down so that we, as a society, “flatten the curve” of the spread of the Coronavirus, rather than become depressed and lethargic, I got busy.
Small World Palms Everywhere
I visited a jeweler the other day at a little shop just around the corner from Yoko’s, the sushi restaurant that my husband and I had frequented.
Collaborative Option Building
Brainstorming (or option building) ideas is a crucial component of the collaborative process. Collaborative practice provides an open environment that encourages everyone on the team to participate.
Eating Out
I think of my relationship with restaurant meals as a life cycle story. When my daughter was itty bitty, whenever we could afford to eat out, it was a big deal.
I Don’t Know What I Want
If you are anything like me, you’ve read all of the “bring the spark back to your relationship” books. You might have sent a ranting nine paragraph email to the Viall Files podcast.
Plane Delay
The poor guy waiting for the plane to Orlando to board had three little kids, all five years old and under, two clearly still in diapers. All of us headed to Florida had already been delayed.
Artificial Husband
I have an old friend, a former client with whom I’ve now been close for going on 30 years. She and I visit each other probably once a month. I handled her divorce, negotiating the details of her marital settlement agreement with her then-husband.
Silver Dating?
People live longer today than they ever have in history, women longer than men, of course. Both of my own grandparents lived well into their 90s; Dad died only recently at 94. Furthermore, all three of my loved ones were cognizant.
