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In October, we introduced you to Insecurity, Dominance, and Distance. In November: Pessimism, Addiction, and Relentlessness (which we called ‘Needing to be Right’.)  Well, it’s a new year, and with it comes new insight into how you can easily wreck a relationship. Let’s dive right in: Martyrdom At first, being with an emotional martyr can seem like a dream come ...

Co-parenting — sharing your child with an ex — is a difficult endeavor. It requires more trust than you are likely to have in your ex. But it’s a vital part of any divorce that involves children, because no matter what you might think of your ex, to your children they will always be “my parent,” and children want both ...

Sometimes, it can take years; sometimes, it happens before the divorce papers are filed. Sometimes, it never happens — but for most of us who experience a divorce, remarriage eventually becomes part of your life. But what do you do when your kids don’t want you to remarry?   The not-all-that-surprising answer is that it’s actually rarely the person you ...

Long and dangerous wars have made military deployments particularly dangerous in the last decade — and that in and of itself has made the divorce rate among military couples increase markedly. A recent study that examined a variety of factors among military couples, including race, social background, age, and more, found that all military couples are more likely to divorce ...

It’s not often that someone in real life gets to put ‘super’ next to their job title without a hint of irony. But Gucciardo Family Law’s own Renée Gucciardo earned that right earlier this year when Hour Detroit magazine paired with Super Lawyers Magazine to give Renée the honor of making their Super Lawyer list for 2014, 2015, and 2016’s best ...

Often, a spouse puts everyone in their family first — their partner, their children, sometimes even their elderly parents — and while that’s a very noble attitude to have, it has the potential to be quite destructive. This is especially true during a divorce. You may be thinking “But my children!” — don’t worry. The court’s absolute primary duty is ...

Divorce is a painful enough experience even without all of the legalese — but the jargon and technical terms are an unfortunate reality of asking the court system to determine how you and your spouse should separate. We’re here to give you a brief rundown of some of the more common and confusing terminology in divorce court. Absolute Divorce: A divorce ...

Last month, we presented three very easy ways to turn a relationship into an ex-relationship. Insecurity, the need for dominance, and the need for distance all made an appearance…but it turns out there are a lot of ways to kill a relationship. Here are a few more of the classics: Needing To Be Right When you get into a fight ...

It’s not easy to get into a conflict with someone you love — and it’s even more difficult when the conversation gets toxic and destructive. The classic ‘ounce of prevention theory’ works here: we’re going to talk a bit about how to keep the conversation emotionally safe and keep alienation to a minimum. There are seven concept being Safe Conflicts: ...

Back in January of 2014, a curious study was published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, claiming that all it took to cut the divorce rate in half was for newlyweds to watch a single ‘relationship movie’ every week and discuss it with each other afterwards. That’s a heck of a claim, and as you might expect, there ...