Pain And Attachment

Jan 16, 2015 | Divorce

“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Much of your pain is self- chosen…It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self…” Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet   There once was a divorce lawyer in St....

The Stages Of Grief As It Relates To Divorce

Jan 7, 2015 | Divorce, Family Law

How does a divorce lawyer in Clearwater, Florida, explain the behavior of persons going through the divorce process?  It turns out that there is a model that is helpful.  Elisabeth Kübler-Ross introduced a model for dealing with grief in her 1969 book, On Death and...

Gratitude: A Strategy For Coping With Your Divorce

Dec 1, 2014 | Divorce, Family Law

Divorce is not what one normally thinks about as an event for which one should be grateful.. However, according to Brother David Steindl-Rast, OSB, grateful people are happy . And it is not the other way around— happy people do not cause their own gratitude.  In his...

Coping With Betrayal

Nov 14, 2014 | Divorce, Family Law

Betrayal is an obstacle to problem solving.  This phenomenon is observed throughout the course of human history.  However, betrayal takes on special significance in the context of a divorce case.  Once someone has been betrayed, trusting the betrayer is no longer...

Ambiguous Lives

Oct 24, 2014 | Divorce

On the day of birth, the rest of the life of a person is subject to ambiguity. This observation comes from none other than Pope Benedict the 16th. He was describing the practice of commemorating the date of a saint’s death, as opposed to the saint’s birthday. Until...

Help Yourself: Don’t Focus On One Specific Outcome

Aug 12, 2014 | Divorce, Family Law

A study of the human condition reveals that a good segment of the population create their own problems, or make problems they didn’t create worse. Let me explain. First, recognize that much of what happens in our lives is beyond our control. In the field of divorce,...