Before divorce becomes a conflict between two people, it often begins as a conflict within one. Explore how conflict-focused divorce coaching can help clients navigate ambivalence, competing interests, fear, uncertainty, and information gaps—without directing the decision—so they can better understand their choices and exercise meaningful self-determination.

This summer, I once again had the opportunity to leave Florida behind for a while and spend several weeks traveling throughout New England. Somewhere along the way, this has become more than just a summer trip. It's become a chance to revisit the places that shaped my childhood and, perhaps even more importantly, to reflect on how those places have shaped me.

What can The Wizard of Oz teach us about divorce? More than you might think. Before people choose mediation, litigation, or another legal path, they often need something far more important: the opportunity to understand themselves, their conflict patterns, and where they truly want to go. Discover why early guidance may be the missing piece in family dispute resolution.

Adding "divorce coach" to your name isn't the same as earning it. Related, not transferable—proximity is not proficiency. A founding member of Divorce Coaches Academy® on the credentialing gap our field can no longer afford to ignore.

Divorce coaching is redefining dispute resolution by helping clients manage conflict, improve decision-making, and participate more effectively in mediation and family law processes.

Divorce doesn’t just cost money—it drains time, energy, and relationships. In high-conflict cases, the real issue isn’t the legal process, but the individual’s ability to engage in it. Learn how divorce coaching reduces legal fees, shortens timelines, and improves outcomes.

In divorce, certainty often feels like clarity—but it’s what keeps people stuck. When individuals become certain about what’s right, fair, or true, they stop exploring and start defending. This blog examines certainty vs. curiosity in conflict, revealing how unexamined assumptions drive escalation and how curiosity acts as a powerful intervention to improve communication, expand perspective, and support better decision-making.

What is conflict-informed divorce coaching? Discover how ADR divorce coaches support decision-making, communication, and conflict dynamics—and how Divorce Coaches Academy (DCA®) is setting the standard through certification.

Discover the best divorce coaching certification program and why training grounded in conflict-informed, ADR-based frameworks matters. Learn how Divorce Coaches Academy® prepares professionals to work within divorce conflict—not just support around it.

Most divorce conflict isn't high conflict — it's escalating conflict, driven by reactive patterns that can be interrupted. Understanding the difference changes everything about how divorce coaches do their work.

Divorce ends a marriage. It doesn't end the relationship. For parents, the conflict often outlasts the legal case by years. This is exactly why conflict-informed divorce coaching extends well beyond the courthouse — and why coaches exploring this field need to understand what comes after the papers are signed.

Escalation loops are one of the most predictable, and most damaging, patterns in high-conflict divorce. Understanding why they happen is the first step to helping clients break free from them.