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.

Parenting Personal Essay

Bashing Your Ex is Bad News for Your Children

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

We all do it from time to time. Make a sarcastic comment about our ex, criticize something they did or ...

Relationships

Susan’s First Date

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

By Ariel & Shya Kane It was still cool at 6:30 in the morning as we strolled barefoot with Susan ...

Divorce Human Interest Self-Improvement Articles Stories of Inspiration

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 ...