by Heidi Webb | Jun 9, 2015 | The Consilium Process
May is replete with many Milestones. Cotillions and Commencements collide. Marriages and for many, divorces. For some, it’s Just the Beginning. For others, it’s a New Beginning. Amongst the myriad graduation hats and tassels at my daughter’s college Commencement were...
by Heidi Webb | Jun 3, 2015 | The Consilium Process
On the shore of Lake Natoma in Sacramento, California hundreds of hopeful athletes gathered to compete for the NCAA Championship crew races. They were all in peak physical form and had trained for countless hours to be in condition for this, and every other event this...
by Heidi Webb | May 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
While Laura and I were discussing some issues related to her impending divorce, she asked me if I’d ever watched Louis CK. When I told her I hadn’t, she directed me to a Youtube clip she thought was particularly hilarious, and told me that it had helped her as she...
by Heidi Webb | Apr 28, 2015 | The Consilium Process
In a recent conversation I had with a financial analyst friend of mine, he brought up the idea of decision-making “in the clutch”. In an effort to better understand whether in retrospect decisions he had made to sell off under-performing stocks, had in the long run...
by Heidi Webb | Apr 7, 2015 | The Consilium Process
Spring is in the air and after this winter, I think it’s palpable to all of us! In the spirit of Spring and new beginnings, we want to introduce you to our new website: ConsiliumDivorce.com. While creating this website, we encountered a number of trials and...
by Heidi Webb | Mar 23, 2015 | The Consilium Process
Navigating divorce is an adult problem and responsibility. However, too often children find themselves caught in the crossfire of their parents’ marital conflict. During a divorce, adults often become self-absorbed. In fact, they can become so focused on their own...
by Heidi Webb | Mar 6, 2015 | The Consilium Process, Uncategorized
Recently, I heard Lauren’s Mom talk about teen dating violence. On July 3, 2011 every parent’s worst nightmare became Mary Dunne’s reality. Her daughter, Lauren Dunne Astley didn’t return home from work, and was later discovered in the Sudbury River having been...
by Heidi Webb | Feb 24, 2015 | The Consilium Process
I recently read the biography of the cartoonist Chas Addams (Charlie to those who knew him), popularized both by his New Yorker cartoons and the 1960’s television show, The Addams Family. His multiple marriages and many love affairs with socialites, actresses and...
by Heidi Webb | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Heidi Webb’s Interview with American Mothers Blog January 27, 2015 The D word. No one likes to talk about. No one ever plans on it. But probably about half of those of you reading this have experienced it, or will at some point. We’re talking about divorce. It’s...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 23, 2015 | The Consilium Process- A New Paradigm
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Many years ago while in graduate school at Harvard taking a course in Counseling Psychology, I first learned that the Chinese Symbol for “crisis” was actually the combination of two symbols; one was for danger and the other for...