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.

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, ...

Personal Essay Relationships

The Happy Divorce

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

By Joshua Sumitta Hudson My daughter’s mother is a wonderful mom. I am an equally wonderful dad. We did not ...

Hospice Senior Care

On the Wings of Doves

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

By Rafael J. Sciullo During the holiday season, thousands of families across Western Pennsylvania were making their way to area ...

Divorce Senior Care

New Year … New Surge of Divorces. How Will Your Children Be Affected?

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

By Rosalind Sedacca, CCT Statistics bear it out. Every January the number of couples filing for divorce rises dramatically. And ...