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January is Divorce Month for a Reason

January has come to be known as divorce month. There are a few reasons why that is the case and why it isn’t necessarily the end of the world.

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Learn to Manage Co-parent Contract Expectations

Avoid disappointments over the holiday by revisiting your co-parent contract. Co-parents have an unwritten, unspoken expectation of each other, but as time passes, it may make sense to clarity expectations again. Here are some helpful tips on things you can do to clarify and update agreements.

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What’s Next for your Home After a Separation?

What’s Next for your Home After a Separation?

Spousal buy-outs are one of the mortgage industry’s best-kept secrets. Learn how this can help you after a divorce.

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Living Together After Making the Decision to Separate

Fairway divorce mediators are specialists who understand family dynamics. Most of all, they can help in the transition period after the decision to separate is made and make life a little easier for you.

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Divorce Expert Karen Stewart

Divorce Expert Karen Stewart

When going through the divorce process, it helps to have a divorce expert on your side. Karen Stewart has become a trusted name in guiding Canadians through one of the roughest experiences that life has to offer.

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101 Activities for Kids... By Kids!

101 Things to Do with Your Children

Are you looking for things to do with your kids this weekend? At Fairway, we know how important it is to spend quality time with your children. Especially after divorce, where your time with them is precious and limited. In this blog, we had our kids put together a list of 101 activities and crafts that they enjoy. Plus, they made sure to include a bunch of great sites that offer activities for kids to do all year round.

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Think Positive

Positive Thoughts Have Positive Power

Do Not Underestimate the Power of Your Thoughts. Research has now concluded that what we think — is what we create. The “Spindrift Experiments” measured the power of positive prayer. In one experiment, they planted two groups of seeds, ensuring that all variables were the same and controlled.

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Telling a Spouse You want a Divorce

Telling Your Spouse You Want a Divorce

For those who have carefully and thoughtfully considered their situation and come to the decision that it is time to get a divorce, the first challenge they face will be figuring out how they should approach the discussion with their spouse.

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3 Tips to an Amicable Divorce

“Amicably divorced” is a phrase that is not often used. Coming to an agreeable divorce may be difficult, but it is not impossible. It can also mean a better relationship with your ex and your children, meaning less stress and fighting that plague so many ex-couples.

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Mediation vs. Litigation – Resolving Matrimonial and Family Business Issues

Litigation and mediation are two different ways of settling disputes or conflicts. Before choosing the best option for you, it is a good idea to understand the differences. In this article, we will review the main steps of each as well as the pros and cons. Also, learn why mediation is the best way to resolve divorce conflict.

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Social Distancing

Dealing with Separation in the midst of Social Distancing

Social distancing due to COVID-19 can have a set of challenges and stress if you are in the midst of a separation or divorce. Here are some tips to help.

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Top 10 Tips to Survive COVID-19 in the Middle of a Divorce

If you are dealing with COVID-19 and a divorce at the same time, your plate is likely full. We get it. Stressing over the impact of a divorce is hard enough, and now dealing with the prevention of Coronavirus disease, you are grasping to find ways to manage. Here are 10 tips to help!

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Working from home can cause stress on a relationship

Keeping your marriage strong in times of chaos

Working from home (WFH) temporarily, due to the COVID-19 crisis is causing added tension in some relationships. This is to be expected. So, in extraordinary times like these, we wanted to share some tips to working and living together (24/7) so that you might not only survive this temporary situation, but also have your relationship actually thrive.

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Hearts and Roses

Valentine’s Day isn’t all hearts and roses for separating couples

Valentine’s Day in the midst of separation can be incredibly isolating and lonely. Amid all these hearts, candies and flowers, here are some ways you could support that friend, colleague, sister or brother who is going through a separation.

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Separated Couple Living Together

Tips to survive living together while separated

If you are living together while separated, you are not alone. Many ex-spouses often continue to live together. If you’ve made the decision to split up as a couple, and are postponing the action of splitting up the marital home, consider these tips on living together while separated.

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