Social media, while offering numerous benefits, can also pose significant risks, especially in co-parenting situations. One common pitfall is oversharing, where parents may vent frustrations or share details about their co-parenting challenges publicly. This can lead...
Personal Interest
New Beginnings – A second chance at life and lessons learned
A wish for peace, joy and love for you and your families in 2024. On Mar 1, 2023, my life fundamentally changed. I remember staring at the MRI report reading “significant renal mass.” The words were confusing, medical terminology that I had briefly encountered, but...
Christmas, Movies, and Hope
My family and I have been watching Christmas movies in droves this year. Central in all of these movies is the idea of hope, though sometimes it’s buried so deep it’s not realized until just before the credits. Chevy Chase hopes his annual bonus will be sufficient to...
Take Control of Your Destiny
“You control your destiny—you don’t need magic to do it. And there are no magical shortcuts to solving your problems.” – Merida, Brave I recently turned on the Disney flick to serve as background noise as I cleaned my apartment; however, very little cleaning was...
Energy
“We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.” - Neil DeGrasse Tyson If you are ever feeling low on energy, or need some motivation, find a room of like minded people who are driven to succeed and...
Cryptocurrency: Not Financial Advice
In the world of cryptocurrencies, everything you hear or read is “Not financial advice” (NFA), even when it sounds, looks, and seems like financial advice. This blog entry is no exception. Instead, this blog briefly speaks to considerations for the curious mind,...
Concierge Referral List
It’s pretty common that within a marriage there develops a division of labor between the spouses. One might be in charge of the finances and filing taxes. One might be responsible for all things childcare. Or home maintenance, or car maintenance and insurance, or...
Health is not valued till sickness comes
New COVID-19 cases continue to be reported every day in the State of Georgia. Just last Thursday, 24,000 new cases were reported, according to the data of the Georgia Department of Public Health. We, at The Manely Firm, have been extra vigilant following CDC...
Self Care
Covid is on the war-path, wiping out everyone in its wake. I came down with Covid back in early March, 2020 when I was working on a California custody case out in Santa Barbara. I never felt so close to death. Watching the spread and the mounting death toll in the...
Unexpected Consequences
We live in a powerful age in which life could go on, or it could not. There is much to talk about in this space. Global Warming. Infrastructure bill. Voting Rights. Slow moving coup. Pandemic. Supply Chain. Uneven wealth distribution. Quality of Life choices. Emerging...