by Heidi Webb | Apr 25, 2023 | 2023
The following blog post was inspired by psychotherapist Oona Metz, who has reviewed it and approved its publication. On April 6th, WBUR’s Cognoscenti published psychotherapist Oona Metz’s article entitled “Why don’t we talk- really talk- about divorce?”...
by Heidi Webb | Mar 23, 2023 | 2023
by Kris Olson About 20 years ago, Lincoln family law attorney Heidi Webb was watching the 11 p.m. news when the image of a young Marine killed in Iraq flashed on the screen. Webb immediately recognized him as the son of a former client. In a eulogy at the...
by Heidi Webb | Mar 17, 2023 | 2023
After watching The Extraordinary Attorney Woo, a South Korean Netflix series, I asked my husband and three adult children if they would watch the first episode and then write me a paragraph about their immediate impressions. I was curious to know what each of them...
by Heidi Webb | Feb 7, 2023 | 2023
One of the great gifts I receive from writing my blogs is the pleasure of receiving feedback from readers. Last month’s Costa Rica Lessons Learned #4, The Importance of Having a Guide When You’re in Unfamiliar Territory, was no exception. My neighbor Tim,...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 24, 2023 | 2023
As families change and grow, so too do the rhythms of their interactions. Over the course of many years’ experience in helping families move from the rupture of divorce to the challenge of restructuring, I’ve seen many people create beautiful, meaningful, new...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 18, 2023 | 2023
When we listen, what do we hear? As we hiked through the jungle, our guide would often stop when he heard sounds that he wanted us to notice. To my ear, they initially sounded like pleasant background music, or sometimes a not-so-pleasant cacophony, but I...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 17, 2023 | 2023
In our world today, we’re almost always engaging with digital devices. So much so that I’m almost certain you will be reading these words on a digital screen (unless this blog is being read to you aloud), and perhaps on your smartphone screen. I’ll admit that my phone...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 11, 2023 | 2023
On our first night in Costa Rica, we went on a night hike into the primordial jungle. Our guides gave us all flashlights before we set out, so we could all be on the lookout both for wildlife and for our safety as we hopped across a river by night. We...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 10, 2023 | 2023
Last fall, my husband suggested that we take a winter break family trip to Costa Rica; I responded by saying that I’d do anything and go anywhere, but didn’t want to be involved in the planning. With that carte blanche, he planned away. As it turned out, some...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 9, 2023 | 2023
Last week as I sat with my family over dinner on our final night together before leaving Costa Rica, we recapped our week in the form of “roses” (the best part of our week), “thorns” (the worst part of our week) and “buds” (what we’re looking forward to / what...
