I created Conscious Uncoupling when my former husband, Mark and I decided to divorce after ten years of marriage.
I felt confused, lost and even a bit embarrassed by our breakup, particularly because I was a known teacher of love and relationships. Yet our saving grace was the intention Mark and I set together that our young daughter have a happy childhood. Something neither of us had due to our own parents nasty and contentious divorces, which caused each of us to lose contact with one of our parents.
That shared intention became our North Star that helped us overcome any petty impulses and power struggles, and motivated us to find ways to transition out of our marriage and into a friendly, cooperative co-parenting relationship, that allowed our daughter to feel safe, loved and held inside of our “happy even after” post-divorce family.
That journey eventually became the five steps of conscious uncoupling, a step by step process to guide you through the pain of a breakup and ensure that you (and those you love) are able to come out the other side of this with hearts that are healed, happy, healthy and whole.