- Divorce Magazine
"Divorce Magazine" is a
self-help magazine andwebsite that provides information and advice on all areas of separation anddivorce , including legal and financial issues, emotional and physical health, parenting and stepparenting, post-divorce relationships and remarriage,mediation andcollaborative divorce , divorce resources, divorce in the news, and other topics.The magazine is based in
Toronto ,Canada , with separate regional editions forSouthern California ,Illinois ,New York State andNew Jersey ,Texas andFlorida as well as theGreater Toronto Area . The website includes sections for every state and province inNorth America .Past contributors to the magazine include
Ivana Trump , [Zwecker, Bill, " [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20010124/ai_n9605242 Ivana's trump? Divorce column that shares all she's learned] ", "Chicago Sun-Times",January 24 2001 . Courtesy link to findarticles version, retrieved onNovember 6 2007 .] and John Gray. [Gray, John, " [http://www.divorcemag.com/articles/marsandvenus/index.html Mars and Venus: Ask John Gray] ", "Divorce Magazine". RetrievedNovember 6 2007 .]The website, DivorceMagazine.com, features an archive of all past articles as well as information on divorce professionals in the
United States and Canada, numerous Frequently Asked Questions, polls, an online forum, a free monthly newsletter, and celebrity-divorce news stories.History
The publication was launched as a quarterly magazine in March
1996 by publisher Dan Couvrette and editorial director Diana Shepherd. Shepherd previously was the associate editor for a Canadian wedding magazine called "Wedding Bells". [Shreve, Jenn, " [http://www.salon.com/feb97/media/media970213.html Dearly Parted] ", Salon.com,February 13 1997 ] The New York and Illinois editions began later that year, and the SoCal edition followed the year after. The Texas and Florida editions were launched in2003 .The magazine was inspired in part by Couvrette's own divorce. "I needed help. I was embarrassed, confused, and incredibly upset by my divorce," Couvrette has said. "Friends offered support but few answers. I wondered, 'What went wrong?' 'What will happen to my children?' 'Will I ever feel better again?' I was motivated to try and 'figure things out', and I figured I wasn't alone." [Couvrette, Dan, "In Retrospect", "Divorce Magazine", Spring/Summer 2006.]
At the same time, Shepherd was dating a man who had recently divorced. Both Shepherd and Couvrette found that there were no magazines and relatively few books on the market tackling divorce. "We thought if we needed information," Shepherd said, "other people would too. We started the magazine for people in the same boat as us." [Cox, Jennifer, "Divorce, for those who've said I don't", "Media Life" [http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/feb01/feb26/3_wed/news3wednesday.html] , 2001]
Couvrette has stressed that the purpose of the magazine and website are to help people get through the divorce experience with the least emotional and financial damage. "I'm definitely not encouraging people to get divorced. I encourage people to get help. Talk to your rabbi, your priest, your parents or your therapist; read books, practice meditation, whatever it takes." [Verge, Stephanie, "The Pros", "Toronto Life", May 2006.]
Today, the magazine prints all six regional editions semiannually and, as of
2006 , had a circulation of approximately 125,000. [Mathieu, Emily, "Celebrating a Decade of Divorce", "National Post",October 7 2006 ] The current editorial director, Jane Nahirny, claims that the website has received more than 10 million visits since 1996. [Nahirny, Jane, "Ten Years of Helping Generation 'Ex'", "Divorce Magazine", Spring/Summer 2006] Around 80% of magazine copies are available for free at the offices of divorce professionals, such as lawyers, accountants, therapists and Certified Divorce Financial Planners. [Carvajal, Doreen, "For generation 'ex,' a self-help magazine", "International Herald Tribune",October 9 2005 ]References
External links
[http://www.divorcemag.com/ Divorce Magazine's website]
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