That Ever Illusive Intimate Connection

Submitted by: Erica Manfred Intimate connection = Soul Mate The idea of soul mates wasn’t much in vogue when I was doing personals dating back in the 70s. Now it has become a cliché, and like all clichés has just about lost its meaning. My ex-therapist Jim, who is one of the wisest people I’ve [...]

Sexless Marriage: Are You Turning Yourself Inside Out Trying to Get His Interest?

I became a slut for my ex. I was open to anything he wanted to do sexually. I guess it’s good for me that there wasn’t much he was interested in sexually…least of all me. I was so desperate for a husband who wanted sex with me I shutter when I think of how vulnerable [...]

What is Your Relationship Style? Selfish or Self-Interested

Submitted by: Big Little Wolf Relationship Style: Selfish or Self-Interested? It was a delicious surprise. Receiving a lovely bonjour in the mail from an old flame – a Parisian paramour who remains in touch years after our relationship. I admit, it’s the French men in my life who seem to genuinely enjoy women as friends, [...]

Time For Yourself in a Blended Family

Submitted by blended family expert, Shirley Cress Dudley Being a stepparent is tough.  Really tough. You want to keep your spouse happy, their kids happy, your kids happy (if you have some biological kids) and usually anyone else that comes within three feet of you happy. Admit it… you’re the one in the family that’s [...]

When Your Ex Has Someone New

Submitted by Deborah Moskovitch  “How could I have been replaced so quickly!” my friend Beth wondered. We were discussing her husband’s soon-to-be new wife; she felt shock and disbelief as to how he could find a new “serious” partner so soon after their divorce. Our ex-spouses’ new partners was the focus of discussion one afternoon [...]

Planning Travel for the Holidays

Submitted by blended family expert, Shirley Cress Dudley Have you ever sat down, the week before Thanksgiving, and realized that no one talked about visitation?  You don’t know who’s staying with whom or what days you are celebrating holidays…it’s just crazy to not plan ahead! Coordinating the Schedules Planning your calendar makes life easier for [...]

Healing and Setting New Goals With MIND MOVIES

Submitted by Delaine One of the scariest things about divorce is that, like or not, ready or not, it calls us to look within ourselves and seriously ask:  NOW what?  Who do I want to be right now and in the next phase of my life?  In work, love, home, family, health and so on, what do I REALLY want?  On a [...]

Ex-spouse keeps changing the holiday schedule – what to do?

A Q&A with blended family expert, Shirley Cress Dudley A Blended Family Mom asks: We can’t plan our holidays because my husband’s ex-spouse keeps changing the visitation schedule.  We want to plan a vacation with all of our kids, but we can’t do it, unless we get definite visitation dates from my husband’s ex.   My [...]

Top Ten Signs of a Wicked Stepmother

Submitted by Shirley Cress Dudley 1.  You ask your husband to choose between you and his kids.  You see the kids as competition and you’re determined to win. 2.  You don’t know much about your stepkids You spend all of your time focusing on your own kids and your new husband and don’t see the [...]

What Remarried Dads Owe Their Step Mom Wives

Submitted by Joel Schwartzberg When Hollywood superstar Sandra Bullock married TV celebrity Jesse James, she took on the most challenging part of her life – not just his wife, but stepmother to his five-year-old daughter Sunny. Fresh from playing a reluctant romantic partner in The Proposal, Bullock jumped into her reality role with complete commitment, [...]

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