This is a formal give yourself permission to have a good cry. You got through the holidays the best you could considering… The New Year came and you had the very best of intentions to make changes in your life. Now you are two weeks into the New Year and you are feeling like a […]

Finally, studies have been completed that just might alleviate a bit of the guilt that working moms experience. The conclusion of these studies is that moms who work outside of the home are not causing children to be traumatized and in fact the opposite is true. Research is indicating that children who don’t have fathers […]

Don’t Panic! Regarding your pets: Part II Don’t panic if your soon to be ex threatens to keep your family pet. Divorce courts all over the country are changing the way they view a family pet. There are even law schools that now have courses on animal law as it pertains to divorce. Do some […]

As promised, this is part of the email sent to me by the woman I met in the grocery store. Dear Claudia, Thank you for helping me put the bag of dog food in my cart. I was crying because my husband of 12 years has filed for divorce and has demanded that he keep […]

I found myself in the dog food aisle of a store yesterday and as I lingered to compare the ingredients on various brands, I heard a woman crying. I looked up and saw her holding on to her cart, attempting to put a huge bag of dog food into it. Clearly, she was struggling and […]

The blame game seems to be the most popular of all of the divorce games and I don’t recommend it. The reality is that there must be damage control by both parents in order to save the children from more fallout than has already headed their way thanks to your divorce. So, since you are […]

Most of us want people to think we are great, attractive, intelligent, fun, capable and successful. The “Oops Factor” comes into play when we focus so much on presenting ourselves as women who possess these characteristics that we lose perspective on who we really are. Add internet dating and the “Oops Factor” can increase to […]