The Good Divorce

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A COMPASSIONATE FRAMEWORK FOR DIVORCE THAT PRESERVES FAMILY BONDS AND CHALLENGES INDUSTRY NORMS The Good Divorce offers a bold new approach to navigating divorce—one that confronts a system built on conflict and shows couples how to separate ­without destroying what matters most. Instead of treating divorce as a battlefield, Karen McNenny reframes it as a family evolution, not a failure, proving that a marriage can end with respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to raising children together. Blending her personal divorce experience with professional expertise, McNenny challenges the pervasive negative narrative that often pushes families toward unnecessary harm. She reveals how our legal system—and its focus on finances over family—fuels conflict instead of cooperation. The book offers a child-centered, dignity-driven path for navigating divorce with clarity, stability, and long-term family well-being. Written for couples seeking a more thoughtful path—and for the professionals who support them—The Good Divorce is a compassionate roadmap for ending a marriage while protecting the family bonds that endure. “This book serves up a whopping dose of illumination on the all-too-often fraught topic of divorce. By sharing her personal story, and modeling how families can evolve through divorce, Karen McNenny challenges the norms, and gives families a fresh and practical perspective.” —LAURA MUNSON, New York Times bestselling author and founder of the acclaimed Haven Writing Retreats Essential perspectives and insights to get a divorce without devastation In The Good Divorce, author Karen McNenny shares her own divorce journey, teaching readers how to redefine relationship success and find peace in taking the best step for you and your family. She exposes how the divorce industry often sets families up to fail—from outdated FMLA policies that don't recognize divorce as a major life event, to ”divorce penalties” in insurance and banking, to a legal system that incentivizes conflict over cooperation—and reframes divorce as a family evolution instead of a failure. Above all, this book is a call to action—to reform the policies and practices that keep families trapped in destructive patterns, to challenge the assumption that divorce must be a messy event, and to create a new framework for how we handle relationship transitions. Readers will find insights and perspectives on: The concept of “relationship purgatory,” when you want to stay, but know it isn’t healthy for you or your kids The grief that comes from a loss of identity during a divorce Common mistakes before, during, and after a divorce, like offering children too many choices The unexpected upsides of divorce, like more personal time, focused relationship with your kids, and reinvention of self The Good Divorce is a must-read for all partners thinking about divorce who want to avoid the all-too-common devastation of dissolving a marriage.

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Pages: 256, Edition: 1 armband, Paperback, Jossey-Bass