When you're co-parenting in a high conflict situation, suffering is optional.
Recently, I was at the Korean market with my mom. As we were walking, I could see this Korean grandma rushing up from behind us with her full cart. Even with people in front of her, she didn't slow down, which caused her to run her cart into my mom. What happened next confused and …
I had dinner with my parents last night, sans kids since it's their dad's weekend. My parents and I have dinner regularly so I didn't think this one would be anything out of the ordinary. My parents and I have a fairly good relationship- we have great rapport, I know when to stop talking to …
I think I've inspired my mother, y'all. A friend of hers is visiting from out of town and the three of us were drinking wine the other night and chatting. You know, girl time. We were talking about my divorce since this was news to her friend. It was a very nice, open discussion and …
I attempted mediation a couple of days ago (our second time around). I had been mentally preparing for it for a week by going to a therapy session and by putting out positive energy regarding it. On the way to my attorney's office that morning, I practiced a 20 minute meditation on the commute (eyes …
My mom told me last night that the reason she finally accepted and was OK with the fact that I am getting divorced is because as she reflected upon her own marriage, she realized that living miserably was not the way to live (yes, she said miserably, which shows how obviously miserable I was). She …
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I had my first therapy session today. It was good. I like her. I feel like we are going to have many great sessions in the future and more breakthroughs are ahead. I even had one today. I wouldn't call it so much a breakthrough, but more of an "AHA" moment. Since today was an …