As anyone going through divorce knows, it can be one of life’s most challenging experiences.
However, what can surprise many is that there are proven strategies to help you navigate this successfully (and with less stress and anxiety).
In my many years of experience, here are some key ways to handle the biggest challenges of divorce:
1️⃣Maintain open, respectful communication with your ex-spouse. Effective communication can prevent misunderstandings and reduce conflict.
2️⃣Take care of your physical and emotional health. Consider therapy or counseling to cope with the emotional toll divorce can bring.
3️⃣Seek professional legal advice to understand your rights and responsibilities. A skilled family law lawyer can help you make informed decisions.
4️⃣Create a clear financial plan for your post-divorce life. This includes budgeting, asset division, and understanding financial obligations.
5️⃣If children are involved, prioritize their well-being. Develop a co-parenting plan that ensures their emotional and physical needs are met.
6️⃣Lean on friends and family for support. You don’t have to go through this alone.
Remember, divorce is a process, not an event.
It’s essential to approach it with patience and a strategic mindset. Not always easy to do but with the right professional and personal support network, it is possible!
Beryl McNeill is a Calgary divorce lawyer who strongly believes mutual respect and understanding go a long way toward resolving family law matters. As a Registered Collaborative Law practitioner in Calgary, she has dedicated her firm to amicable, cooperative negotiation as a means for settling divorces. Furthermore, throughout her law career, Beryl has seen the costs of adversarial negotiations, both financial and emotional. In emphasizing the collaborative approach, Beryl offers her clients a more efficient model that preserves personal and monetary assets alike.
More and more individuals are attracted to resolving their family law matters in a civil, respectful way. Therefore, they come to Beryl from many walks of life—as professionals in the oil and gas industry and their spouses, business owners, and working spouses with children. Clients say that even after a single consultation with Beryl they feel less stressed and more clear about the way forward.
Beryl understands the often fearful, emotional early stages of divorce. Incorporating skills developed from her training as a life coach, Beryl helps clients move beyond their stress response to more logical, creative thinking. Once there, she works with clients to discover what’s truly important to them in attaining divorce. Furthermore, she encourages clients to picture what a successful settlement would look like a year or more down the road as a means of focusing on their goals. By educating and empowering clients, Beryl seeks to transform the way they resolve family disputes—in a more constructive, intelligent and amicable way than would be possible otherwise.
Finally, Beryl is very active with the Family Bar and the Collaborative Law Community. Her involvement provides her clients with the assurance that she has her finger on the pulse of Family Law in Alberta, offering them a distinct advantage in their quest for equity and civility.