Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy.

Separating is not divorcing. Please keep that in mind. It is, instead, the second step in seeing if there's a better way to manage your family.

Sometimes the pain outweighs the good things.

I'm not a big fan of the white lie.

The most reliable ways to make oneself miserable are attempting to change people and not attempting to change circumstances.

You can't make someone agree with you, not even when you're 100 percent sure you're right.

One way to make tough decisions is to take incremental steps that don't commit you to anything yet.