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Author Archives: Alison Patton
Surviving the Holidays
(This blog post ran in 2010. I’m posting it again this holiday season due to positive feedback from readers last year. If this is your first holiday season separated/ divorced, don’t lose heart. You can do it! Read on!) The child in me will always love the holidays. I take such pleasure in traditions–hanging our [...]
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Sabbatical
The Divorce Doc will be taking a sabbatical! Yes, after a wonderful year and a half of blogging and writing, I am taking a leave to spend time with my family and to travel. I will be out of the country for part of the time, so please forgive any delayed response to emails and [...]
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Is Monogamy In Marriage Unrealistic?
(As originally published on Huffington Post Divorce, May 23, 2011) After years of handling divorces, I thought nothing could shock me. And then a client told me about Ashley Madison, the website for “The discreet who want to cheat.” Their slogans are: “Life is short, have an affair,” and “When divorce is not an option, [...]
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The Silver Lining of Divorce
Starting your divorce? In the middle of your divorce and need a little inspiration? Click here to read this article about life after divorce and how your actions now will help you build your future.
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Something to Brighten Your Day
This is a video of a homeless man in Santa Barbara and his pets. They work State Street every week for donations. The animals are pretty well fed and are mellow. The man rigged a harness up for his cat so she wouldn’t have to walk so much. At some juncture the rat came along, [...]
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More About Forgiveness . . . And Life’s Little Ironies
I remember Marianne Williamson once saying that when she prayed for a more spiritual life, it came . . . in a series of tests and struggles. Well, I’ve had my own ironic moment just recently. In my post last month on Forgiveness (click here to read full article), I wrote about my personal experience [...]
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Is Your Ex Worse Than Charlie Sheen? –A Discussion of High-Conflict People in Divorce
(As originally published on Huffington Post Divorce, March 2, 2011 Headline Article by Alison Patton) Charlie Sheen keeps telling us he’s special, but is he really that unique? We’ve read volumes about the king of custody battles, Alec Baldwin. We’ve followed the ranting of Mel Gibson, most recently from recorded tapes leaked by his ex-girlfriend [...]
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An Expert Weighs In on Forgiveness
A heated debate took place last month on Huffington Post. The subject was forgiveness of your ex after divorce. Blogger Erica Manfred claimed that “moving on” is all that’s necessary and you don’t have to forgive your ex. Her arguments are well-written and persuasive, but I disagree with her opinion and decided to interview an [...]
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I’m Blogging for Huffington Post Divorce
A very nice thing has happened–I’ve been accepted as a blogger for Huffington Post Divorce section. So now you can find my work on Lemonade Divorce and also on Huffington Post (called “HuffPost Divorce” for short). I will regularly post links here, on Lemonade Divorce, to my Huffpost Divorce articles so they are easy to [...]
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Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability