Navigate the Challenges of Separation

Separation can be overwhelming, but it’s also an opportunity for growth. Learn how to cope with the emotional, practical, and social challenges that come with this significant life change.

6 Tips for Surviving Separation

6 Tips for Surviving Separation

Marriages naturally ebb and flow; it is that one aspect that seemingly comes with the territory. The hard truth of …
Tonya Callender,  Washington, DC

By Tonya Callender

4  min read

How to Go About Surviving a Trial Separation

How to Go About Surviving a Trial Separation

What is a trial separation, and how should one go about surviving a trial separation? A trial separation is a …
Marriage.com Editorial Team

By Marriage.com Editorial Team

Relationship & Marriage Advice| 5  min read

How to Communicate With Your Spouse During Separation

How to Communicate With Your Spouse During Separation

Deciding to be separated, either legally or psychologically, is a major change that you’ll be making in your life. Although …
Calantha Quinlan

Approved By Christiana Njoku

Licensed Professional Counselor| 4  min read

A Child Focused Approach to Separation and Co-Parenting

A Child Focused Approach to Separation and Co-Parenting

Knowing your custody transition options post-divorce can help in making one of the most important decisions of you and your …
Leo Terbieten, Marriage & Family Therapist San Rafael, CA

By Leo Terbieten

Marriage & Family Therapist| 4  min read

5 Tips for Women Coping with a Separation

5 Tips for Women Coping with a Separation

Your heart is breaking. The worst has happened, your partner has left, and you’re wondering how in the hell you …
Maedean Yvonne Myers, Counselor Vancouver, BC

By Maedean Yvonne Myers

Counselor| 4  min read

Trial Separation – How to Talk About It with Kids

Trial Separation – How to Talk About It with Kids

If you and your spouse decided to have a trial separation, the first thing that probably came to your mind …
Rachael Pace

By Rachael Pace

Mental health, Parenting| 4  min read

Defining What to Expect from Each Other During the Separation

Defining What to Expect from Each Other During the Separation

There are plenty of couples who, in a moment of sheer despair or frustration decide to separate and then follow …
Rachael Pace

By Rachael Pace

Mental health, Parenting| 5  min read

8 Smart Ways to Handle Finances During Marital Separation

8 Smart Ways to Handle Finances During Marital Separation

What is a legal separation? And, how to handle finances during separation? If your marriage doesn’t work out, amicable separation …
Rachael Pace

Approved By Angela Welch

Marriage & Family Therapist| 5  min read

5 Things to Do with Kids When Separating with Your Spouse

5 Things to Do with Kids When Separating with Your Spouse

Separating is a difficult thing to do on its own, but when you are going through a marriage separation with …
Rachael Pace

By Rachael Pace

Mental health, Parenting| 4  min read

10 Effective Ways to Deal with a Marriage Separation

10 Effective Ways to Deal with a Marriage Separation

“Be careful how far you push me away. I may end up liking it there.” A famous quote to begin …
Rachael Pace

Approved By Christiana Njoku

Licensed Professional Counselor| 7  min read

5 Essential Tips on What Not to Do During a Separation

5 Essential Tips on What Not to Do During a Separation

Are you considering getting separated, of late?  The dissolution of marriage can be genuinely distressing. And hence it is crucial …
Rachael Pace

Approved By Angela Welch

Marriage & Family Therapist| 5  min read

6 Ways to Cope With Separation and Divorce

6 Ways to Cope With Separation and Divorce

Separation of spouses after a long-term relationship is a trying moment in your life, and it only becomes worse when …
Rachael Pace

By Rachael Pace

Mental health, Parenting| 5  min read

5 Golden Rules to Make the Separation Process Successful

5 Golden Rules to Make the Separation Process Successful

Separation means that you and your spouse are living apart from each other, but you’re still legally married until you …
Sylvia Smith

Approved By Angela Welch

Marriage & Family Therapist| 5  min read

The Dos and Don’ts of Handling Separation in Marriage

The Dos and Don’ts of Handling Separation in Marriage

According to a study, 50 percent of marriages end in divorce; that’s the bitter truth. Couples with the hope of …
Sylvia Smith

Approved By Milica Markovic

Psychologist Coach MA| 5  min read

How to Talk About Marriage Separation With Your Children

How to Talk About Marriage Separation With Your Children

There is plenty of conflict in a marriage separation on its own without worrying about how to explain it to …
Marriage.com Editorial Team

By Marriage.com Editorial Team

Relationship & Marriage Advice| 5  min read