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Advocate for your Child

Thursday, December 15, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (0)

You are your child’s advocate. I advocate for my child all the time with my ex and it sometimes takes careful reframing to make it clear that I am helping to present her ...

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Inspiring Kids to Eat Healthy, Even When They're With Your Ex

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (0)

My friends over at Baltimore Health Coach asked me to write a post related to healthy eating and solo parenting. Such good timing, because the day after they asked, I was a ...

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The LIST

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (0)

I often tell people that about a year ago, my friend and excellent life coach, Jodi Hume, told me I should have a list of what I was looking for in a partner. I have found ...

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Solo Parents who are Widowed

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (1)

Last week my mother called early in the morning. That’s never a good sign, she lives in San Diego and with a 3 hour time difference it’s always bad news. Follow this if you ...

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What do I know??

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (1)

I have been absent for a bit, hope you’ve missed me! I’ve been having a little trouble balancing my time along with a serious relationship. Writing a blog is much easier ...

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Juicy Tidbits

Thursday, September 15, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (2)

In the past 3.5 years in Baltimore I’ve had 3 boyfriends and a TON of dates. In the early days of being solo, I really couldn’t stand being in the house alone so every time ...

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Coparenting Etiquette

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (3)

Sometimes I think the catchphrases "Really?" and "Seriously?" were coined by people who know my coparent. Coparenting gracefully is a challenge today so I'm going to share ...

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7 Day Cleanse: How I Overcame Coffee & Sugar Cravings and Found All Day Energy

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (2)

A couple of months ago I was searching for someone to write some articles for me about nutrition and one of the people I found was Lucas Williams-Seipp, AKA Baltimore Health ...

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Don't get in the car

Friday, July 8, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (6)

Most of the time, when I'm infuriated by my ex, I realize what he's doing isn't that much different than what he always did, it's just that now I can't control the situation ...

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Lessons Learned in My (Failed) Marriage #4

Thursday, July 7, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (0)

#4 I’m part Italian and have always blamed that for my quick temper plus a long memory. I didn’t really learn how to handle it until after college when a good friend and ...

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Lessons Learned in My (Failed) Marriage #5

Thursday, July 7, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (0)

#5 Some of this lesson is inspired by Juliana Margulies’s mom. Nope, never met either of them but Juliana quoted a line of her mom's on Oprah that stuck with me: “It’s ...

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Soundtrack to My Divorce

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (0)

Seems like every week someone calls me to ask about a good marriage counselor (I tried three) or a reputable attorney (met with five). As they make their way to various ...

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Stop Breaking My Kid's heart. When do you Stop Parenting your Coparent?

Sunday, July 3, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (4)

The thing that holds most of back from divorcing when we really should is the fear of breaking our children’s hearts. We endure pain, disappointment, sometimes misery to ...

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Suck it up, Kid

Monday, June 20, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (5)

Today at the pool I had a visceral, negative reaction to a mom next to me and her parenting choices. Both of our kids are four years old-- mine is a girl, hers is a boy. ...

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Lessons Learned In My (Failed) Marriage #3

Saturday, June 18, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (0)

#3 Have more sex that isn’t obligatory. Warning: Gender stereotype used as a basis for this lesson. This advice is a "how to" for the guys and a "why to" for the ladies. ...

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Lessons Learned In My (Failed) Marriage #2

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (0)

#2 The grass may be greener but you still have to mow it. Sometimes during a long marriage or relationship our attention may wander to greener grass. Maybe you meet ...

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Lessons Learned In My (Failed) Marriage #1

Monday, June 13, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (2)

A friend and I spent about ten hours in the car on a road trip last weekend and started talking about things we learned in our (failed) marriages that we would share as ...

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Set Them Up for Success

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (0)

I had the same conversation over and over last week with different people about different ideas related to setting people up for success and managing the results positively. ...

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Do as I Say AND as I Do

Thursday, May 19, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (0)

I caught a story on the Today show today about butt-shaping shoes sold by Skechers in sizes for 7 old girls and padded bikini tops sold by Abercrombie & Fitch. My first ...

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Who gets the house?

Saturday, May 14, 2011 by Tanzi Craig | Comments (0)

When you reach a point in your marriage that you either mutually decide to separate or one of you kicks the other one out, you have to decide on the living situation. In my ...

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