How To Help Your Kids Through the Anxiety of Divorce?

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When you find yourself going through a divorce, you are busy dealing with your emotional well-being. However, it’s also imperative not to overlook your children’s emotional well-being, no matter their age. When you choose to utilize the collaborative divorce process, you and your spouse will have a child mental health specialist available to you who…

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Financially Preparing for Divorce

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Getting a divorce is stressful both emotionally and financially. There is no doubt about it! There are so many “plates” to keep spinning at the same time, but did you know when you use a collaborative divorce process, you and your spouse are surrounded by a team of experts that are willing to help you…

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Spring Cleaning – Does That Include Your Marriage?

By: Shawn D. Skillin, Collaborative Family Law Attorney and Mediator After 24 years as a Divorce Attorney, I have noticed some patterns emerge in my practice. They have evolved a little over the years as we’ve trudged through recessions and a pandemic. But the current trend seems to hold.  Spring and Divorce go hand in…

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Divorcing in the Month of Love

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February is the month of love. Do you have concern about divorce process? Collaborative San Diego can help you, contact us today at (858) 472-4022 to schedule a consultation! But what if love is lost? What if instead of falling in love, or being in love, you are facing the end of love or the…

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How to Manage the Stress and Anxiety of Divorce?

By Shawn Skillin, Esquire ShawnSkillinLaw.com Divorce is a big, huge, significant, and stressful life transition. It’s not a transition that most people plan for. Whether you asked for the divorce yourself or were surprised by a request for a divorce from your spouse there is change ahead and change produces stress and anxiety.  You may…

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Tips on How to Heal Yourself While Going Through Divorce

Healing Rocks

Let’s face it, if you are in the process of getting a divorce or marital dissolution, your emotions are more than likely all over the place – and that is a perfectly normal reaction! It’s like riding a rollercoaster during a tornado! And more often than not, your emotional well-being needs to be healed along…

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What is a Collaborative Divorce?

Shawn Skillin, Lynn Waldman, and Cinda Jones explain what a Collaborative Divorce is? Have more questions? Consider attending a Divorce Options Workshop the first Saturday of every month 9 – 12 – visit Divorce Options Workshop to find out more.

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Should You Use Social Media During a Divorce

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Today, with the extensive use of smartphones and social media, we want to “share” with our virtual friends and family how we live out our lives – the “good” and the “bad” through our social media status updates, tweets and pics. The goal of the collaborative divorce process is to find a way to work…

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Innovation Solutions with Collaborative

Liz’s Background Liz Brown started out as a family law attorney / litigator.  She witnessed the success rate of the collaborative process via her law partner, Michele Lowenstein. So in her 11th year with the firm, she pursued extensive collaborative training just as Michele had done. Liz has been able to provide even more innovative…

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