There are many calculations on the cost of divorce. Many estimate the dollar cost to be about $30,000. Some have demonstrated that men fair better than women, but findings show it is monetarily costly. This says nothing to the emotional and relational cost. That would show the true cost of divorce. An excellent resource in [...]

When people arrive at my office, as you can imagine, they are in trouble. And what is often true is that one of the two wants to have the big “sit down” conversation, roll up those sleaves, and solve the problem. The complication is that almost always, the other is not willing or ready to [...]

Yesterday, I sat with a couple and heard something I have heard over and over. The wife expressed her concern that she would start to work on the relationship, things would get back on track (“a patch on the inner-tube” was her expression), and then in 5 years, everything would fall apart (“another blow-out” was [...]