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Too many who break up are forced to choose quickly — without the insider secrets and time they need to avoid hurting themselves & their innocent children. So, in family court, you can see families create pain — without chance for gain. A family tragedy.
To help, I created 2 Award-Winning breakup decision guides:
1. Independent Press Award, Feathered Quill Award, & Pinnacle Book Award Winner:
Why Breakups Are So Hard: How We Can Help
2. Global Ebook, National Indie Excellence, & USA Book News Best Books Awards Top 2-3 Award-Winning Visual Guide:
Picture Your Divorce Decisions
---Only U.S. Lawyer-Speaker featured at the International Conference on Multisensory Law, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 2014.
An Attorney since 1983, I tried for 25 years to get judges, courts, and lawyers to see how to help families in distress. I wrote “Family Law Techniques & Trial Tips” in the local Family Law Reference Book 1996-2020. I admit I failed. But, I’m not ready to give up. Because families matter.
I also created free videos to see how to avoid a bad divorce or bad breakup — on "Picture Your Divorce" on YouTube.
Now, you can know what you need to know to protect yourself and kids, and thrive.
Too many courts and lawyers appear not to want you to know what they know. So, I’m sharing with all families the key secrets they need to protect themselves and their children — for the price of 2 lattes, or coffees.
Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
Terry McNiff’s Why Breakups Are So Hard: How We Can Help explains how separation between parents can turn family life into a court-centered process that many people enter before they understand its consequences. Written for parents with children, the book presents one central message: adult conflict after a breakup can follow children for years, so parents need practical guidance before anger influences legal choices. McNiff shows how court procedures can confuse people already under stress, especially when hearings are delayed, money is withheld, accusations become public, and children are pulled into adult disputes. The book calls for earlier education through visual guidance that helps parents understand the consequences before conflict harms their children. It offers separated parents a way to see what conflict can cost before the damage spreads through the family.
Terry McNiff approaches Why Breakups Are So Hard with the voice of somebody who has spent years watching families walk into court with anger they have not yet learned how to manage. McNiff keeps bringing the reader back to one hard truth: children continue living inside the emotional climate adults create after separation. That idea gives the book its urgency. McNiff explains family court procedures in plain language that parents can use immediately during mediation conversations or custody preparation. A section on decision trees helps readers slow down before reacting impulsively during legal conflict. Another section shows parents how naming emotions can lower hostility before discussions spiral into personal attacks. Research concerning trauma plus brain function supports the practical advice throughout the guide. Parents entering separation proceedings will find useful direction here, especially when communication has become emotionally charged around children. Very highly recommended.
