Life Transitions

Navigating life’s biggest changes—from loss and divorce to parenting, aging, and starting over. Find guidance, support, and personal stories to help you move forward with strength and resilience.

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A Blueprint for Life After Divorce: Pittsburgh Author’s Book Inspires and Empowers Others to Find their “New Normal”

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

By Daniel Casciato Pittsburgh-based journalist, author, editor, and publishing consultant Gina Mazza lives by the philosophy that everything happens for ...

Human Interest Life Transitions Stories of Inspiration

There is Life After Loss: Widow Helps Others Along their Healing Journeys

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

By Daniel Casciato After caring for her husband Mike (a national record-holding police officer) through his over-two-year battle with amyotrophic ...

Hospice Senior Care

It’s Time for a Family Meeting

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

By Rafael J. Sciullo Over the course of a lifetime, families are faced with making a myriad of decisions. From ...

Divorce Parenting

Five Keys to Help Children Thrive Through Divorce

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

No one plans to get divorced. But more than one million children in the U.S. will experience its affects this ...

Life Transitions Personal Essay Stories of Inspiration

Going Through Life’s Hardships: How One Woman Rebuilt Her Life After Becoming a Widow and a Divorcee

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

Becoming a widow soon after she was married at a young age was emotionally devastating for Joan Koonce of Athens, ...