Podcasts about divorce and legal separation

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March Madness Self Love : Discernment is Self Love & So Is Removing People , No one person is  designed to be battered, picked at or bullied , tormented, gaslit constantly and sabotaged or harassed and humiliated , whether its an acquaintance, spouse, or  a combination of toxic workplace , environment , marriage , or  dating  violence or repeat  crossing the line of decency  series of coordinated abusive  and extreme  toxic events or  crimes  aggressed against that change us and who we are individually. An act of self love and preservation and  self respect is  removing those toxic individuals and or marriage or if you cant leave an environment , remove the key  factors that create the  discord and upset or  damages with no remorse. Even if its a workplace or organization, you don't have to stay where you clearly don't belong, not everyone  likes toxicity or  drama or  people or environments that create or thrive on that  type of  energy.

March Madness Self Love : Discernment is Self Love & So Is Removing People , No one person is  designed to be battered, picked at or bullied , tormented, gaslit constantly and sabotaged or harassed and humiliated , whether its an acquaintance, spouse, or  a combination of toxic workplace , environment , marriage , or  dating  violence or repeat  crossing the line of decency  series of coordinated abusive  and extreme  toxic events or  crimes  aggressed against that change us and who we are individually. An act of self love and preservation and  self respect is  removing those toxic individuals and or marriage or if you cant leave an environment , remove the key  factors that create the  discord and upset or  damages with no remorse. Even if its a workplace or organization, you don't have to stay where you clearly don't belong, not everyone  likes toxicity or  drama or  people or environments that create or thrive on that  type of  energy.

Don't take dating too seriously.This basically means that you should enjoy your dates more. Aside from that, you should also view dating as something that can offer you an opportunity to meet new people and socialize. Moreover, it can also offer you a potential to finding someone whom you can build a relationship with. Don't date out of desperation .Never date just because you are desperate of having a relationship. This is because it can lead to having someone whom you may want to change for the better, in the future. Aside from that, since desperation can cloud your judgment, you may end up with someone who will just make you more insecure.. Don't date other people to make someone jealous. When you are dating another person just to make someone jealous about it, then you are not doing anyone a favor. This is because; you might end up showing the other person that you really like him or her. Aside from that, chances are, you might also suggest that you really are enjoying yourself with another company when you are not. Practice caution on multiple dating. When you are dating a number of men or women, you might end up stressing yourself out. This is because multiple dating is never easy, and it needs you to become very organized. Although you may be enjoying the variety of persons multiple dating can offer to you, it is still less stressful when you are not always worrying about sending the wrong text messages or emails to the wrong person

Don’t take dating too seriously.This basically means that you should enjoy your dates more. Aside from that, you should also view dating as something that can offer you an opportunity to meet new people and socialize. Moreover, it can also offer you a potential to finding someone whom you can build a relationship with. Don’t date out of desperation .Never date just because you are desperate of having a relationship. This is because it can lead to having someone whom you may want to change for the better, in the future. Aside from that, since desperation can cloud your judgment, you may end up with someone who will just make you more insecure.. Don’t date other people to make someone jealous. When you are dating another person just to make someone jealous about it, then you are not doing anyone a favor. This is because; you might end up showing the other person that you really like him or her. Aside from that, chances are, you might also suggest that you really are enjoying yourself with another company when you are not. Practice caution on multiple dating. When you are dating a number of men or women, you might end up stressing yourself out. This is because multiple dating is never easy, and it needs you to become very organized. Although you may be enjoying the variety of persons multiple dating can offer to you, it is still less stressful when you are not always worrying about sending the wrong text messages or emails to the wrong person

What makes a great worship leader isn’t the ability to sing pretty songs but a gift that ushers the people of God into His presence. Christian Anderson has been endowed by God to do just that. A worship leader who has been hailed as an “Anointed Powerhouse”, she’s been blessed to sing background vocals for such Gospel greats as Kim Burrell, Judith Christie-McAllister and twins Jason and Jonathan Nelson. In addition, her voice was featured on “Bless This House”, the ground-breaking project from Gospel legend Kurt Carr.She is adamant that the focus remain on the Lord. She says, “I don’t want people to think about who I am, but I want them to have an authentic worship experience with God. I want them to feel His presence. There are many Gospel artists who can really sing and bring down the house. That’s not my goal; my goal is to do Kingdom work and to witness people being delivered and truly set free.” To weigh in on our topic call 646-668-8485 press 1 to be live on the air. Download the stitcher app on your mobile device. Or, click on link here.

Dovetales is so excited to be in our 5th broadcast in our Separation and Divorce Series with co-host and author, Rachel Kidder. For this series we are giving away her book, Healing Grace Scripture Journal ( 30 Day Bible Study Journal for Emotional Healing) as a gift to all callers. We are excited to continue this journey with you so, feel free to join the conversation as we as this question, "What Are You Willing To Do To Survive Separation and Divorce?". To weigh in on our topic call -668-8485 press 1 to be live on the air. Download the stitcher app on your mobile device. Or, click on link here.

Dovetales is back for our third broadcast in our Separation and Divorce Series. Our first program focused on the reasons "why" one said "I DO." last time we focused on the horrible pain and agony called the "limbo stage," meaning, the moment one questions if their spouse will ever come back or just call it quits. What does one do and "Where Does One Go From Here?" So, we decided to continue this discussion, because there is just so much more left to say and hear. We have singer and songwriter Tiffany Lanae as our special guest. So, if you have ever been Separated or Divorced join us by calling into the show and sharing what choices you've made and what you've learned --good OR bad. Looking forward to another great discussion. You are not alone my friends, for pain surely has a way of bringing the most diverse groups of people together. To weigh in on our topic call 646-668-8485 press 1 to be live on the air. Download the stitcher app on your mobile device. Or, click on link here.

As a divorce coach and blogger,  I hear lots of stories about people's marriages - they write and share the awful things that have been going on, often times for years, Then they say they really feel like throwing in the towel and calling it quits but should they?They feel guitly, scared, embarassed, ashamed, afraid for the kids, can't afford to leave and sometimes even wonder if their reason for wanting out is good enough.If things are so bad and have been so bad for so long why do they stay? What keeps them from leaving?Joining me for ths Conversation is Alex Delon, author of Leaving You ... For Me. Alex left her marriage of 47 years, with a medicare card in her pocket and bravely entered singledom. In this frank, honest and vulnerable Conversation Alex shares how she was pressured to accept her marriage for so long, normalized the mistreatment and rationalized staying until the final straw.You'll find a synopsis of the show at Mandy's blog. 

Most people don't make snap decisions to end a marriage and that's as it should be. Getting a legal and financial assessment about the impact of divorce is helpful but how do you assess the emotional relationship? And if it's your spouse who's deciding to end the marriage, how do you know whether to keep fighting for the marriage or to accept their decision?Joining Mandy for this Conversation are Elaine and Joe Foster, co-authors of I Wish I Knew This Before My Divorce: Ending The Battle Between Holding On And Letting Go. Their book is available on Amazon and features the marital autopsy, developed by Elaine Foster based on the 24 factors that are most often found in divorcing couples.

Have you ever met anyone who said their divorce was easy? The legal process may be easy for some but the emotional process of ending a marriage is challenging for virtually everyone. People often describe it as the hardest life experience they've faced.Getting divorced has a way of bringing out the worst in the best of us. It shakes your confidence, your self-esteem and fills you with self-doubts and fears of not being enough - not good enough, not smart enough, not attractive enough, not capable enough ...These are self-limiting beliefs and they hold us back from rebuilding our lives after divorce and from living life to our potential. The solution starts with self-love and compassion. Attorney turned life-coach Sunny McMillan says that while the mainstream may see this as fluffy and self-indulgent, she believes they are the cornerstone to divorce recovery and coming out on the other side whole.Listen in to Mandy's and Sunny's Conversation as they chat about why most people struggle with self-love and how you can change that.Sunny McMillan is the author of Unhitched: Unlock Your Courage And Clarity And Unstick Your Bad Marriage. You can download a copy of Sunny's book for free at Unhitchedbook.com and read more about Sunny at GoldenOverSoul.com.Find a synopsis of this show about learning to love yourself after divorce and more divorce support at Mandy's blog, SinceMyDivorce.com.

Regardless of how civil or amicable you want your divorce to be, disagreements are inevitable. Knowing how to calm anger in divorce could be your key to resolving these disagreements and staying out of the courtroom.When you're negotiating over the division of assets and how to parent together, and the hurt and pain are fresh and raw, it's hard to approach this simply as a business negotiation. It's easy to let all the past history bubble up into angry outbursts.Those angry exchanges can continue long after the divorce is final when you're parenting together.Are there things you can do to calm your SBTX's anger?If you're uncomfortable around anger, is it possible to stop yourself from walking away, withdrawing?What if it's you who's angry? Is it healthy to get angry? How can you stop yourself from directing your anger at other people?Joining Mandy to explore this Conversation is attorney, mediator and peacemaker Douglas Noll. Doug coaches people as diverse as Fortune 500 company executives and inmates in maximum security prisons. He is the author of De-Escalate: How To Calm An Angry Person in 90 Seconds or Less. Visit Mandy's Since My Divorce blog for a synopsis of this Conversation.

Many couples don't discuss their child's college expenses at the time of their divorce for two reasons. One, typically, courts have no jurisdiction over this and there is no requirement for parents to pay for their child's college education so many lawyers recommend leaving it out of the divorce agreement. Two, when getting everything else resolved has taken so much time and effort, who has the energy to discuss something that isn't required?That could be a big mistake and at the very least, financial aid expert Paula Bishop says couples need to agree to meet and discuss financial aid before their child starts the application process. Not doing so, could make the cost of attending college significantly more for your child.Listen in to this Conversation to learn the key points about financial aid including how to determine who is the custodial parent and the difference this makes.Paula offers some key resources for how to pay for college without going broke at her website.You'll find a synopsis of the show at Mandy's blog, Since My Divorce. 

Nobody likes to think their spouse is lying to them but if you're getting divorced, the chances that they are not being entirely truthful increases and you need to be alert to that possibility. Accepting everything they say as fact could hurt you.If you've always believed your spouse, how to do start to detect the lies?On the otherhand, if you're convinced now that everything out of your spouse's mouth is a lie, how do you know what's true?What are the telltale signs the experts watch for? Joining Mandy for this Conversation is body language expert, Traci Brown. Traci is often seen on TV analyzing the likes of Lance Armstrong, Hillary Clinton, Tom Brady and Tonya Harding. She is the author of How To Detect Lies, Fraud and Identity Theft.You can find a synopsis of this show at Mandy's blog, SinceMyDivorce.com. 

Nobody likes to talk about their debts and it's often the hardest part of negotiations in divorce.Too often, one spouse didn't realize the extent of the debt or perhaps there's always been conflct because one party is a spender and the other is a saver. Perhaps both spouses knew about the debt but didn't really pay attention to it because, well, life was grand, the money was coming in, and borrowing for a second car or a vacation was part of the plan. It was all going to work out.But then it doesn't work out and divorce happens. That means you have to confront reality.Can the debt be paid off?Who should take which debts?Who can afford to pay back the debt?How all that happens depends on circumstances for the debt in the first place and the type of debt it is - credit card debt is different from car loan debt is different from 401(k) debt is different from student loan debt. You get the picture?Ugh. But you don't have to figure it yourself! Joining Mandy for this Conversation is financial guru, Lili Vasileff. Lili's latet book is Money & Divorce: The Essential Roadmap To mastering Financial Decisions (available on Amazon).Sounding complicated? You'll find a handy synopsis over at Mandy's blog, Since My Divorce.

Compensation issues in divorce may be more common than you would expect. They often come up in connection with spousal support or alimony and when it comes to things like stock options and deferred compensation arrangements, the division of marital assets is impacted.The questions that come from different compensation arrangements are frequently confusing and complex and even the recipients often don't fully understand what they have. So if you're the divorcing spouse what are you supposed to do? How will you figure this out and how will you handle it them in your divorce?It might be tempting to ignore them or accept your STBX's position that they have no current value but that's not the answer. Do that and you'll likely end up with a divorce agreement you'll later regret or second guess.In this Conversation, we're going to tackle some of the more common challenges and help you identify the questions you need to ask.Joining Mandy for this Conversation is Michael Wayland, assistant professor of business at Methodist University and a mediator with Christian Divorce Services. During the show, Michael references a stock option value calculator. You can find that Black Scholes calculator here.Remember to check Mandy's Since My Divorce blog for a synopsis of the common compensation issues in divorce.

There have been numerous studies finding that divorce increases the risk of suicide and that risk is much higher for men than for women. While the marriage maybe ending, suicide is not the outcome most people want.How do you respond if you start to discuss divorce and your spouse starts talking about suicide?What do you do if it's you whose having suicidal thoughts?And maybe even more difficult to deal with, what if your child starts to talk about just wanting to be done?Should the divorce be put on hold or do you push ahead? Is the threat of divorce reason to stay married?Joining Mandy for this important Conversation, is fellow divorce coach Martha Bodyfelt. Read more about Martha's work at her website, SurvivingYourSplit.com and sign up for Martha's free divorce survival guide.Important resources for suicide prevention: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline,  Suicide.org, Veterans Crisis Line and Man Therapy.Visit mandy's blog at SinceMyDivorce.com for a synopsis of this show and more guidance on coping with divorce.

Whether you are using attorneys or not, to get started on your divorce, you will have to gather all of your financial information and share it with your spouse (and vice versa). Many people, inadvertently skip this step and jump straight into discussions about who's going to keep the house and how other assets should be divided. That's not smart and it can lead to deadlocks and breakdowns in the negotiations. You'll also be making life-changing decisions with incomplete information.Yet, when people do start gathering this information, frequently it's overwhelming and confusing so they put it off and procrastinate.The reality however is that the sooner you do this, the better it is for you. You'll have a much more accurate assessment of the financial impact of divorce on your lifestyle, you'll have more clarity, more certainty and be in a better position to make the decisions that are right for you.So what financial information are we talking about? Where do you start? How do you value different assets? And what can you learn from different documents?Joining Mandy for this Conversation are financial advisors, David Chwalek and Renee Senes who are co-authors of the book, Money & Divorce: Costly Mistakes You Don't Want To Make.Check out Mandy's blog, Since My Divorce for a synopsis of the show. Visit the Insitute for Divorce Financial Analysts to find a CDFA near you.

Businesses come in all shapes and sizes. If the business is making money, then it's pretty obvious that there's going to be a discussion about how that business should be valued and divided in divorce and there's rarely one answer to that.If the business isn't making any money, then a common mistake is thinking that it can be ignored. It can't. You may still need to discuss compensation for the startup expenses and you'll definitely want protection from future debts and liabilities.Joining Mandy to discuss this complicated area is Chicago-based divorce adviser, attorney, mediator and coach, Karen Covy. Karen has a free divorce toolkit available for download at her website.Looking for a transscript? Visit Mandy's blog for a synopsis of this conversation and more essential information to help you make the best decisions for you.

Almost everyone getting divorced these days goes online for help, whether that's looking for information to help avoid using attorneys or for emotional support. Nobody is relying solely on what their attorney tells them.The good news is that there is a ton of information and resources available now. The bad news is that some of these could harm you more than help you. So what are the pitfalls of going online? What are the risks? How can you tell which sources are trustworthy and dependable and which sources should you steer clear of? What are the redflags you should be watching for?Joining Mandy for this show is Gregory Frank, co-founder of Divorce Force, one of the premier online communities committed to connecting and empowering those affected by divorce. Frank is an advocate of taking advantage of everything the Internet has to offer but cautions people to be smart. "The good news is that there are so many capabilities and so much information that you can obtain online that it's a phenomenal place to start."Remember to check out Mandy's blog, Since My Divorce,  for a synopsis of the show.

If you and your spouse have minor children, then you're going to need a plan for how you will parent together after you're divorced and this is an area with which many couples struggle.Part of the struggle is that the concept of successful shared parenting is relatively new. While people who are getting divorced now may have parents who were divorced and experienced living in two separate homes, the shared parenting they grew up with is very different from what we see today.Another challenge is the language we use to talk about this. While courts are now using concepts of decision-making and parenting time, divorcing parents are still taking about sole or primary custody without realizing what these terms may really mean or that they are out-dated.Not knowing what's typical these days or what works, divorcing parents turn to attorneys who can make the process more adversarial than it needs to be.The good news is that there are strategies and techniques to avoid an unwanted, unintended, damaging and expensive fight over your children. Joining Mandy for this Conversation to share her insights and expertise is Dr. Marlene Bizub. Dr. Bizub has an extensive background in psychology and has been working for over 20 years in domestic relations.Visit Mandy's blog at Since My Divorce for synopsis of this Conversation.

Sharing your child's expenses with your ex post-divorce can be a minefield on so many levels. It leads to disputes over what expenses should be incurred, what should be shared, what's the fairest way of sharing them, how to get reimbursed and on it goes ....It can also fuel competition between parents with each parent having their preferred activity or their philosophy on what their child needs for school and and how much to spend. That competition is rarely good for the child.It's easy for one parent to feel they're carrying the responsibility for these expenses especially when the reimbursements don't come. The debts accumulate and that can mean having to go to court to collect which is never fun.One key to managing the conflict is planning ahead and including some solid agreements in your divorce papers but to do that, you have to first know what to expect. Joining Mandy for this Conversation is family law attorney Alan Plevy from the law firm SmolenPlevy in Virginia. Alan has been practicing family law for over 30 years and has a wealth of knowledge to share in this area. Check out their website for some helpful videos and resources in divorce.And ... checkout Mandy's Since My Divorce blog for a synopsis of this show and everything else you need to know about divorce. 

Dividing up your household items in divorce can be contentious, plain awkward and anything in between. In most situations, attorneys will tell you that it isn't worth fighting over this and even if the legal folk tell you to value everything at what you could sell it for on CraigsList, it doesn't mean deciding who gets what is easy.These Conversations are riddled with emotions and hidden meanings. Quite aside from concerns about equity, some items are just plain difficult to let go. And what you don't take, you may have to replace which adds to the expense of splitting up.One reason this is so challenging is that like so much else to do with divorce, we just don't know how to do it. There are now however companies and services that can help make this task much easier. Joining Mandy today is David MacMahan, founder of Fairsplit. Listen in as MacMahan shares his personal and professional advice on how you can minimize the conflict and get this done. During the show, MacMahan references some free spreadsheets available from FairSplit that you can use to help you. Those are available here.Check out Mandy's blog at Since My Divorce for synopsis of the show

In this episode of Conversations About Divorce, we're talking about child custody battles.We've all read about the ugliness and painful allegations that are made in celebrity divorces and those are mainstays of many custody fights. They're always ugly, always expensive and once started, there's rarely any backtracking. Once the accusations have been made, there's no taking them back. They can't be erased.The impact these battles have can spread far and wide. The children at the center of the arguments are always exposed and involved, and friends and family members are rarely immune.There are however, times when parenting absolutely does need to be restricted for the safety of the child. So how do you know when to fight and when to settle? How can you be sure you're making the right decision for your child? Are there alternatives that are less damaging for all?Joining Mandy for this Conversation is Connecticut-based family law attorney Larry Sarezky. Larry is the author of the book Divorce Simply Stated (available on Amazon) and he also wrote and directed the award-winning film, Talk To Strangers, which is aimed at helping parents avoid putting their children through a court-based custody battle.You'll find a synopsis of the show over at Mandy's blog, Since My Divorce .

How often have you read about someone reflecting back on their divorce, how awful it was at the time, how it wasn't their choice and yet, how they wouldn't go back to that marriage again, how much they've learned since then and how much they themselves have changed?Compare that to the person who talks bitterly about their ex, even years afterwards, the person who doesn't have a new circle of friends, doesn't have new interests and says that everything would have been OK if they hadn't gotten divorced?Two completely different perspectives - victim and survivor. The difference comes with healing from the emotional trauma and that's what divorce recovery programs are designed to do.And there are many different formats so what can you expect, when's the right time to participate and what things should you take into consideration when choosing a program?Joining Mandy for this Conversation is Zina Arinze who is based in London, England. Zina is a divorce coach and author of Reinvent You: How To Move From We To Me After Divorce. Find out more information about Zina at her website BelieveAndLiveAgain.Check out Mandy's blog, Since My Divorce for a synopsis of this Conversation and more helpful information about divorce.

Divorce professionals say it's best to approach your divorce negotiations as a business discussion but how do you take your emotions out of it?First, let's remember why these discussions need to be more business:the legal system is not set up to resolve disagreements based on moral arguments. The judges are bound by statutes and case law. That doesn't necessarily mean that you shouldn't pursue a resolution you feel is morally right but recognize that doing so is likely going to mean increased legal expenses with no certainty of outcome. It's risky and the process for pursuing such resolutions through the court system is emotionally draining.often times decisions based on emotions are not the best long term or even short term decisions. The classic example of this is the person who is determined to keep the marital home, and does so but then finds themselves struggling every month to make ends meet with little disposable income. A more rational analysis of this during negotiations might have shown this lightly outcome and opened the path to looking at alternatives.ideally what we want is to make decisions that we won't later regret. We want to look back in five years time and remember the reasoning for each decision and to believe it was the best decision we could have made at the time with the information we had at the time.The problem however is that no one tells you how to park your emotions. That's what we're talking about in this episode. And for this one we've turned the tables. This time Mandy is being interviewed by divorce coach Sahaj Durnin from Divorce With Ease.For a synopsis, please visit Mandy's blog, Since My Divorce.

Extra-marital affairs are not unusual - some studies have found that some 60 percent of married partners report having engaged in affairs. Some spouses do reconcile and recover from infidelity and may even report a stronger, closer relationship. There are some affairs however, where the exiting spouse already sees the marriage as over and in these case reconciliation is rare.For the victim or faithful spouse, the discovery of the affair comes as a brutal attack on what they often describe as a happy marriage. These exit affairs cut to the core, damaging self-esteem and self-confidence and they leave the victim playing catch up both emotionally and legally.So what can you expect if you discover your spouse is having an exit affair?Joining Mandy for this Conversation is Laura Scott, whose marriage ended abruptly when she discovered her husband's affair. Following her journey through divorce, Laura wrote The Accidental Divorcee - a guide book for navigating the twists and turns of divorce (available on Amazon.com).Are you considering ending your marriage? Register for Mandy's free course, Is Divorce The Answer?

Post-divorce travel adventures became familiar with Elizabeth Gilbert's epic, "Eat, Pray, Love" and while such a long, exotic trip may be out of reach for many, with some creativity and imagination you could make it happen.Joining Mandy for this episode is world traveler, photographer, writer and historian, Chandi Wyant. Wyant embarked on a pilgrimage following her divorce and spent forty days walking to Rome on Italy's historic route, the Via Francigena. Listen in to hear Mandy and Chandi talk about making the decision to travel and what to expect as well as some practical considerations such as the timing and length of the trip and what it's like to travel solo.The biggest takeaway from this conversation is that there are solutions to all the reasons you might give for not embarking on an adventure and that if you really want to do this, you absolutely can.Chandi Wyant's trip is captured in her newly published memoir, Return To Glow: A Pilgrimage of Transformation In Italy.Looking for more real-life no-nonsense advice about divorce? Check out Mandy's blog, Since My Divorce.

[Episode brought to you by WhatAboutMe.Org - a division of Marriage Helper that helps children navigate through how to deal with their parents' divorce. Donate to the mission at whataboutme.org/donate]We hear it all the time, "Kids are resilient!"But is it true? If I fall down the stairs and break my leg, will my leg heal?Actually, no it won't heal. If I don't do anything to help my leg heal, then it will only get worse.If I go to the doctor, get a cast, go to physical therapy, and do all the things necessary for my leg to heal, then yes, it will heal. Otherwise...you get the picture.We understand this for every other area of health and wellness in life. But when it comes to thinking about how children are affected during divorce or separation, all of a sudden we expect the children to know exactly what to do to help themselves heal.And that's not how it happens.Can children be resilient? YES. Absolutely.Will they be resilient on their own? Highly unlikely.It is up to parents, friends, and family members to help children become resilient.In this episode, we discuss the 3 must-do's in helping your child become resilient. [REMEMBER: Now through the end of the month, Marriage Helper is offering a $500 travel credit when you register for the Marriage Helper workshop. We'd love to see you there! - your.marriagehelper.com/marriage-workshop]

[Episode brought to you by WhatAboutMe.Org - a division of Marriage Helper that helps children navigate through how to deal with their parents' divorce. Donate to the mission at whataboutme.org/donate]We hear it all the time, "Kids are resilient!"But is it true? If I fall down the stairs and break my leg, will my leg heal?Actually, no it won't heal. If I don't do anything to help my leg heal, then it will only get worse.If I go to the doctor, get a cast, go to physical therapy, and do all the things necessary for my leg to heal, then yes, it will heal. Otherwise...you get the picture.We understand this for every other area of health and wellness in life. But when it comes to thinking about how children are affected during divorce or separation, all of a sudden we expect the children to know exactly what to do to help themselves heal.And that's not how it happens.Can children be resilient? YES. Absolutely.Will they be resilient on their own? Highly unlikely.It is up to parents, friends, and family members to help children become resilient.In this episode, we discuss the 3 must-do's in helping your child become resilient. [REMEMBER: Now through the end of the month, Marriage Helper is offering a $500 travel credit when you register for the Marriage Helper workshop. We'd love to see you there! - your.marriagehelper.com/marriage-workshop]Listen at http://www.marriageradio.com/the-3-things-kids-must-have-to-be-resilient-during-separation-and-divorce/