Outline the Past

In your mind, divide your relationship with your coparent thus far into three distinct time periods and give each one a title. These periods of time can be as short or as long as you want, depending on how impactful it was and how much you want to write about it. Period Titles could be “Falling in love”, “The End”, “The Custody Battle”, etc.

For each period, you’ll recollect and provide a title for at least two, and as many as five, Significant Experiences. The Experiences can be positive or negative. The titles might be something like, “Our first date was bliss”, “The best day ever: the birth of our child”, “The fight where he grabbed my wrist”, “The final straw” etc.