Silver divorces on the rise

by Rachel Small At a time when divorce rates are falling, it turns out that people over 60 are divorcing at an alarming rate. What are some of the reasons for dumping a spouse after 40 or 50 years? In a study by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) in 2004 of people aged […]

Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale

Developed by Dr. Bruce Fisher, The Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale (FDAS) consists of 100 statements reflecting common feelings and attitudes of people who have ended or are ending a love relationship. The results reveal the strong and weak areas of adjusting to the loss of the relationship and are profiled in these seven aspects: Self-worth […]

Moving forward after divorce

Divorce is a process that doesn’t stop with the final court decree. You have ended one phase of your life, but now you have an opportunity to enter one of your choosing. We agree with Dr. Bruce Fisher, a Colorado divorce therapist, that you can turn stumbling blocks like fear, loneliness and denial into rebuilding […]

Self-doubt is self-sabotage.

    [Written by Steve Melio; posted by JZ]   I had a major meltdown this week, a day of intense self-doubt and emotional collapse. I’m not sure what triggered it, but it started with a vivid image of myself juggling 6 or 8 small balls simultaneously. Then I added another ball to the dizzying […]

Grandparents: forgotten victims in divorce trauma

By Paul Majendie LONDON (Reuters Life!) – At the age of 55, Pam Wilson gave up her job as an occupational therapist to help look after her son’s baby daughter. When he broke up with his partner, she was banned from seeing her granddaughter for almost three years. Prompted by her personal nightmare to set […]

Change over time in divorce rates

The number of divorced people in the population more than quadrupled from 4.3 million in 1970 to 18.3 million in 1996, according to a Census Bureau report on MARITAL STATUS AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS “14% of white women who married in the 1940s eventually divorced. A single generation later, almost 50 percent of those that married […]

A family Christmas after divorce

 By Jeremy White from http://www.ezinearticles.com The popular saying goes like this: “Breaking up is hard to do.” Yet, when it comes to marriage in the U.S., a large percentage of us do it. Divorce, however unpleasant, is commonplace in today’s society, and dealing with it during the holidays is a fact of life with which […]

A family Christmas after divorce

 By Jeremy White from: ezinearticles.com  The popular saying goes like this: “Breaking up is hard to do.” Yet, when it comes to marriage in the U.S., a large percentage of us do it. Divorce, however unpleasant, is commonplace in today’s society, and dealing with it during the holidays is a fact of life with which adults […]

Grandparents and Divorce

from http://www.grandparentsmagazine.net We all know couples who have broken up, but it is when our own children tell us that their family is in trouble that the pain really hits. Now that the level of divorces is so high there is wider acknowledgement of the distress this causes not only to the couple, but to […]

Ask Will anything about divorce

  Will Limón, MSW is an internationally-published author.  He has been a facilitator of the Fisher Rebuilding Seminar for 20 years and a teacher of relationship skills for almost 30 years.  Send him questions about your divorce situation.  He’ll help you get insights into the divorce process and how to heal from relationship loss.  Post your […]