Separating spouses may not emerge from divorce as best friends. But neither do they have to be enemies. Collaborative divorce and mediation are processes that promote respect, integrity, and dignity even when (especially when) you and your spouse disagree on hard things like the division of your property, how to cash flow two homes, or parenting time.

Divorce does not have to be as divisive or vengeful as it once did, and perhaps most importantly to many of us, children do not have to be the victims of ongoing litigation, nor the anger and resentment that can cause internalized trauma and years of negative thinking and shame

The art of the apology.