Navigating change is difficult. Rachel Green & the re•solutions team can help increase clarity & improve communication for couples in conflict.

Financial Challenges in Divorce & other Major Life Transitions with Stephanie Genkin

Rachel chats with Stephanie Genkin, CFP, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst & Certified Financial Therapist. She works with clients in the divorce process helping them divide assets and understand how their expenses and future plans may need an adjustment as a result of the dissolution of the marriage.

Connect with Stephanie

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniegenkin/

Website: www.stephaniegenkin.com

Setting Financial Boundaries Before, During, After a Marriage with Ivy Menchel

Rachel interviews Ivy Menchel, from Family Wealth Planning Partners.

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Is Mediation Right for Me?

8 Reasons To Try Mediation:

1. Faster Path to Closure:

You may have been wronged – but getting stuck in conflict, and seeking revenge, will only keep you thinking about and tallying up – reliving – those hurts.  The goal of mediation is to wrap up this part of your life, resolve and settle, so that you can move forward to your new and (hopefully) happier future, without the conflicts of the past.  Let them go!

2. Neutral:

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Children’s Need Can Be Our Guide

Shifting our focus can help us resolve conflicts.

I met with a couple who used mediation for their divorce, about 14 years ago, and wanted to resolve a new conflict in their restructured family. The mother emailed me to tell me that they were having trouble figuring out the credit that the father should get for the child’s room and board expenses while he is in college.

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Fuel for Conflict

People get into the worst fights when what they are fighting about is not what they are really fighting about…

I am working with a couple who have an extremely (and unusually) hostile and embittered post-divorce relationship. I am working with them as a parenting coordinator, not a mediator. This means that I was appointed by the court and have the power to make decisions if there is a time-sensitive matter pending. Usually, during mediation, I don’t have the power to make decisions (and why should I? Those are not my kids).

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