Does salary level determine the worthiness of a job or a person? I think most of us would say “NO WAY!” including myself yet actions and behaviour speak louder than words. When I was earning a decent salary (actually some would have probably considered it indecent), for my age people treated me differently. They seemed [...]
Are you in the middle of a Transition Day?. Perhaps you feel like ? There are two types of transition days. The ones where the kids leave to go stay with their other parent and the ones where the kids come back to you. Let’s deal with the leaving days first... The first thing to do [...]
I often wonder if there are other parents out there like me. I start wondering it about five minutes after dropping my kids off at school. Day one of five days they are with their dad on our 2255 parenting schedule. Are there other parents out there that know what a 2255 parenting schedule means? [...]
When you think of your life up until this point does it make you happy or do you focus on the negative aspects of your past and use it as an excuse to stop moving forward? How we view the past often depends on how we perceive our present life. If you are living [...]
Step 1 - Identify Your Financial Personality and Spending Habits What is the dream you have that money will serve? Answering this question for yourself will go a long way to self-awareness about your values and beliefs around money. Everyone is unique and has different values and beliefs concerning money. In addition, we are all brought [...]
I had an uncomfortable conversation with a friend last night. She is in the middle of a very bitter divorce and she is feeling fearful of the outcome which will be decided by a judge. A brief history of her situation. Let’s call her Sara. Sara is getting divorced from her husband. They have two [...]
When my ex and I first separated, I spent a long time trying to craft my emails to my ex so that there was nothing offensive in them. I did not want him to attack back as reading those attacks was pretty painful. How could this person that I had been a partner to for 20 [...]
My ex sent me a doozy of an attack email the other day. He sent it on Monday and it is now Wednesday. It was a good reminder to me of what I've learned this past year and the havoc these types of emails cause. I really have to thank him for it because he is giving me [...]
Divorce is horrible. That is an understatement. I had no idea how horrible until I went through the divorce process myself. Ok, it may not be horrible for everyone, like those couples that have mutually agreed that it is for the best if they go their separate ways and can amicably agree on how that should [...]
“they say that time heals all things, they say you can always forget; but the smiles and the tears across the years they twist my heart strings yet!” - George Orwell I've been getting a lot of lessons lately about how time heals all wounds. People tell me it takes time, things will get [...]