Clean Break : How to Divorce with Dignity and Move on with Your Life

by Stewart, Karen

• ISBN13: 9780470155509
• ISBN10: 0470155507
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-05
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

"When it comes to divorce, there's the old way- and there's the fair way. I know, because I learned the hard way". - Karen StewartDivorce is costly. It costs money-masses of your money. It costs time-hours and hours spent in meetings, on the telephone, and completing paperwork and depositions and filing affidavits. It costs heartache as battle lines are drawn and loved ones, especially children, suffer emotional pain.Karen Stewart's own harrowing story of divorce is an unqualified testament to these truths. Her experience led her to believe that there had to be a better way to end a marriage and get on with life. Her ideas and vision evolved into Fairway Divorce Solutions, which provides a model for divorce with dignity and an end to traditional divorce. the Fairway Process Offers: a strategic step-by-step process that brings win-win resolutions regarding children, property, and money a decision-making process that leads to consensus and fair outcomes a focus on the children of the marriage a plan to control costs that can often escalate out of control in typical divorce proceedings a process that rejects blame or victimization a focus on the future that has a well-thought-out plan for parenting and finances. More and more Canadians are turning to this new divorce approach to help them transition to new beginnings. If you are facing the reality of divorce, you owe it to yourself, our chi8ldren, and your bank account to read a book that offers promise, not dread, and calm instead of a storm.This Practical step-by-step process will not only save considerable time, energy and money, but most of all it will provide a clear path for a hopeful future." - Les Hewitt

Author Biography

Karen Stewart, B.Sc., MBA, RHU, CDFA, is the founder, CEO, and president of Fairway Divorce Solutions. She is an entrepreneur who has specialized in the financial industry for over two decades, building and selling a number of financial companies. She is an accomplished speaker who has addressed both major conferences and small-group settings. She is a regular guest on the "Big Brain" radio and she is rapidly becoming the go-to-expert on divorce. Media coverage i8n Canada includes CityTV, Global, CTV, Shaw TV, Business News Network, Report on Business TV, ROBTV, and Three Takes on Slice TV. On radio: CBC, CHQR77, Christy Clark Show, Nik & Val Show, and the "John Gormley Live" show. In Print: Globe and Mail, Toronto Sun, Kingston Wig Standard, Niagara Falls Review, Winnipeg Sun, Canadian Business, Alberta Venture, Calgary Herald, and Business Edge.

Table of Contents

Praise for Clean Break

Acknowledgements

Author's Note

Prologue: A Fool's Mistakes

Introduction: The Perils and the Pitfalls of the System as We Know It

The Journey before the Journey: Navigating the Rocky Emotional Terrain Karen's Story

From Marriage to Mayhem

Reflections: Your Dignity and Self-Worth

Accepting the Truth

Trusting Your Intuition

Breaking Free from Crisis and Chaos

Becoming Proactive

Establishing Healthy Boundaries

Into Action

Meet the Cunningham's

Adam's Emotional Procrastination

Carolyn's "Painted Picture"

Save Your Ass(ets)

Karen's Story

Losing My way...and Losing It All

Reflections: Your Wealth

Taking Control-and Keeping It

Formulating a Strategic Process and Plan

Moving beyond Fear of the Unknown

Demanding Accountability

Accelerating the Process

Controlling Costs

Putting an End to Position Bargaining

Dividing Assets (Instead of Destroying Them)

Attending to the All-Important Details

Into Action

He Says, She Says

Spousal Support

The Forgotten Ones

Karen's Story

Watching It All from a Place of Helplessness

Reflections: Your Children's Emotional Welfare

Children Are Children (Not Pawns)

Empowering the Children

Into Action

The Cunningham's Most Precious Assets

A Vision of Hope

Appendix: 12 Rules for Making a Clean Break

About the Author

About Fairway Divorce Solutions

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