Moving Forward After a Contentious Divorce Hi Susan, I like your site and was excited for your workbook to come out because I knew it would help me. My divorce took seven years to finalize. During those long years, my life was turned upside down so many times. It’s over so I
What Is the Most Important Thing You Can Do After a Splitting Up? Dear Susan, My husband and I just split up. If there is one thing you could advise me to do what would it be? Thanks, Velvet Hi Velvet, That’s a huge question. There is not one single thing
What to Do if Kids Don’t Warm Up to New Step Parent Dear Susan, I just met a great guy and we have been dating for a year now and want to be married. Neither one of my daughters, ages 11 and 8, have warmed up to him yet. I
How Can You Go on after an Unexpected Divorce? Hi Susan, My husband and I were married 37 years. Six months ago, he told me on a typical Saturday morning, while having breakfast, that he was not happy with me, had met someone else two years ago and was moving
What Happens If You Aren’t Getting Child Support Checks? Dear Susan: My ex has not paid child support in a year. What do I do? Melissa Dear Melissa, Not paying child support is a crime punishable by law! Now the problem is how to enforce it. I know that most
Navigating Threats and Nasty Emails Hi Susan, I am very scared of my ex-husband. He has threatened to take our children away from me. Every day he threatens me and sends me emails cussing me out and everything. I know you had a rough divorce. Maybe you can give me
Attorney communication: this is an all too often comment made by people going through a divorce. People expect their attorney to be communicative with them. They want to know that their lawyer is on their side and is keeping up with their case. So why does it feel like your attorney
By: Susan Shofer The most devastating and challenging part of being alienated from your child or children is making the decision to give up. Sometimes alienated parents go days, weeks, months and even years without a word from their child. Phone calls to their child go unanswered. Cards and letters
Do You Feel You Are on the Brink of a Breakdown Because of Your Divorce? During your divorce, people will say things like, “Everything happens for a reason” and “When Life serves you lemons, make lemonade.” While their intentions may be good, it can feel daunting when you feel you
