Be Your Best Self During Your Divorce

Articles to Help You During & After Divorce
Insight Coaching: the Benefits of Curiosity

Insight Coaching: the Benefits of Curiosity

I have been struck by the focus on curiosity in my Insight Mediation class. This is the same focus on powerful curious questions central to the coaching practice sometimes referred to as Insight Coaching. Why is curiosity so powerful in both arenas? And why is...

Life Lessons: Learning the Guitar

Life Lessons: Learning the Guitar

Although my work as a Divorce Mediator and life coach doesn’t usually involve giving advice or sharing words of wisdom, I do ask clients to notice what they are learning as they go through some of the challenges they face. The most powerful aspect of both coaching and...

The Buddhist Divorce: A Road Less Traveled.

The Buddhist Divorce: A Road Less Traveled.

In a world of stressful and often-turbulent divorces, there is an alternative path to consider. Drawing from Buddhist philosophy, this post invites divorcing spouses (and their professional assistants), to connect with their higher nature and see this transformative...

Meet Matthew J. Long

I  believe couples should be in charge of their own divorce.  With over 28 years of experience in the courtroom, I know when you decide to battle it out in court, you are essentially putting your fate in the hands of a judge.  This is why I decided to put down the gloves and focus my law practice exclusively on Divorce Mediation and Collaborative Divorce for my clients in the state of California.  Divorce doesn’t have to be a battle that depletes you emotionally and financially.