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We believed we could part amicably, and be good co-parents, but our friends were unconvinced. Why? Why were they so negative about the possibility of a "good" divorce? I set out to discover the truth. The results of my research and of my own experience are in Splitopia. Splitopia shares my story as well as insights from family law reform and positive psychology experts and former couples and adult children of divorce living successful, happy lives. Part memoir, part journalism, part history of marriage, Splitopia looks at how changes in laws and customs over the past 40 years have greatly improved divorce for many, as have women’s increased earning power, advances in psychology and technology, and a greater understanding of child development and the importance of fathers. It challenges the assumption that all happy families must look alike. Splitopia was translated into Hungarian and has been written about or excerpted in The New York Times, Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, Marie Claire, Houston Chronicle, Salon.com, Kveller.com, PsychCentral.com and Family Law Quarterly, and featured on podcasts, television and radio shows nationwide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584082817093-OHTCY5TE03APVB90TQIE/Unknown-1.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584082799914-0HHNHABMJND8UJ3M5HUB/Unknown-1.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1586376457023-AI0QIAQYWZOZKXWF0MGA/psychologytodaylogo.png Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584083600943-ITAL527T9MKA59GLPJ5Y/img-1.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584083298596-GFU0YS2725AFKZY3VZKQ/Unknown.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584083753482-29Y2ST6EICMG5BYL6FSV/1200px-Publishers_Weekly_logo.svg.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584083860715-UOEQLVRNJWB2D712COOH/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-13%2Bat%2B12.16.34%2BAM.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584084170650-WDILV68Z0BRU3RW87I0M/Unknown-1.png Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584085919178-XKPQXJULQSHL8L5D5FN1/xqjpUbzC_400x400.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584085412782-49LYL814WHSQQ1YAB3XO/Unknown-4.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584084909187-Q8R3VY2G903Y7QPIC2Z6/NYM_Logo.w330.h330.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584085556952-ZF8VJL4AUBV8WZ12EVQ4/globe-for-web.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584086498276-80P0PJQWM3WHZ86XO665/Unknown-1.png Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584086317657-QAPXIRXWKADDN8C6YVVH/NYpost.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584086696014-16HO9U2TI79PSXIL5GOU/kveller-1200x800.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584087121694-HLEBYJDXEXE7MHB40O6N/parents-magazine-logo-2018.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584087927070-LX9URYBWR91LSLB2SOKR/Unknown-5.png Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584088141330-JDAR85216CIY1E00I6OM/Unknown-5.png Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584087963119-4CR9Z0Q5F4O9F2ILQ5P8/logo_1.jpg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584087379946-QT56XEA83SCF6884I8SL/Unknown.jpeg Splitopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584090898409-JA9XCM3389GL0HC0FGUB/Unknown-1.jpeg Splitopia - APRIL 5, 2016 – MARIJUANA NEWS CHRIS WALSH & SPLITOPIA WENDY PARIS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584091773250-6TCMEHQDPLEWO2PL35C7/Unknown-4.jpeg Splitopia - GOOD DIVORCE, HEALTHY SPLITS, CONSCIOUS UNCOUPLING w/WENDY PARIS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584091056555-TJIJ3PNZ27NHJYW6K794/Unknown-2.jpeg Splitopia - Splitopia and the good divorce , March 18, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584090461905-E3DESBODNJVOZEWSTWOS/Screen+Shot+2020-03-13+at+2.07.28+AM.png Splitopia - SPLITOPIA - How To Have A Good Divorce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584090726426-CL60TNDSUOEX68S02UET/WGDR_Logo_Final-01+copy.jpg Splitopia - The Magical Mystery Tour, April 8, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584091663939-JDMK56KTOK1XICZAYJKU/480x270_60560.jpg Splitopia - A 'good divorce'? With Wendy Paris, April 5, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584090263173-FAU59DUELMQNHARNN2VS/Screen+Shot+2020-03-13+at+2.03.23+AM.png Splitopia - The Guide for an Amicable Divorce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584091317066-A7XEQ0L0WMDAGKPHSI0Z/Unknown-3.jpeg Splitopia - The Kimberly Kaye Show - Splitopia and the good divorce, March 21, 2016 https://www.wendyparis.com/single-housewife-project daily 0.75 2020-03-10 https://www.wendyparis.com/happily-ever-after daily 0.75 2020-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584061885523-OAQYQOMA3J9L49F2WA11/Screen+Shot+2020-03-07+at+6.58.19+PM.png Happily Ever After - HAPPILY EVER AFTER The Fairy-Tale Formula for Lasting Love Cinderella doesn’t hide inside her pumpkin carriage, crying, “No one attends a party alone! Everyone will think I’m a loser!” She throws her shoulders back, lifts her chin and marches in the door. What can we learn from fairy tales? That even if “cinder maid” is your job title, it doesn’t define your entire existence. Happily Ever After: The Fairy Tale Formula for Lasting Love offers an encouraging look at the noble and brave behavior of the heroines of ten classic fairy tales. Before Disney created the current Pantheon of Princesses, the original ladies in waiting like Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Thumbellina relied on their intelligence, patience and self-knowledge to land the man, and the life, of their dreams. https://www.wendyparis.com/buy-the-change-you-want-to-see daily 0.75 2020-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e62c16b0d7ee44bc16ef4d8/1584058268846-0C0VAHIV36V0KD8JWMQ7/Buy%2Bthe%2BChange%2Bcover.jpg Buy The Change You Want To See - BUY THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE Use Your Purchasing Power to Make the World a Better Place Equal parts travelogue, buying guide and call for more supply chain transparency in fashion and apparel, this inspirational, uplifting book follows Jane Mosbacher Morris's journey from the U.S. Department of State, where she worked on counter-terrorism and anti-human trafficking, to her decision to start a fashion company to connect impoverished artisans with consumers and Fortune 500s here, helping to harness the power of private enterprise to overcome longstanding social injustices. 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It also includes chapters about using these words in your wedding and D-I-Y strategies for personalizing your ceremony, reception, pre-wedding parties, wedding website and more, by employing the best words from the world’s most talented wordsmiths. Originally published in 2000, Words for the Wedding has been a perennial wedding-planner top seller.