In a country where insurance is out of reach for many, it is not uncommon for couples to marry, or even to divorce, at least partly so one spouse can obtain or maintain health coverage.

I recently had a chance to interview Jeannine Lee, facilitator for Fisher Rebuilding post-divorce seminars, about divorce and why the workshop can be so valuable for people who are getting a divorce or already divorced. Fair disclosure: I have gone through this course myself and am now a volunteer for the Fisher Rebuilding Divorce Recovery Seminars. This article is long, but I think it's well worth reading.

In “Spiritual Divorce: Divorce as a Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life,” author Debbie Ford reveals how a devastating divorce can be turned into a profoundly life-changing experience. Ford offers a path from divorce using what she calls “the seven spiritual laws for healing”—acceptance, surrender, divine guidance, responsibility, choice, forgiveness and creation.

We are the most self-centered generation in history.

A statistical remedy: Fall back in love. Cohabitation means less urban sprawl and softens the environmental hit.

The data is in. Divorce is bad for the environment. A novel study that links divorce with the environment shows a global trend of soaring divorce rates has created more households with fewer people, has taken up more space, and has gobbled up more energy and water. The findings of Jianguo "Jack" Liu and Eunice Yu at Michigan State University are published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

THE great myth about divorce is that marital breakup is an increasing threat to American families, with each generation finding their marriages less stable than those of their parents.

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