Negotiating a Healthy Future

Margorie Engel, MA, MBA, PhD, is an author, speaker, and media consultant specializing in families complicated by divorce and remarriage.  Dr. Engel’s specific areas of expertise are in family finance, law, and social policy. 

A past president of the Stepfamily Association of America, she is a founding member of the National Stepfamily Resource Center at Auburn University and its Stepfamily Expert Council http://www.stepfamilies.info.

Dr. Engel also participates in projects of The Uniform Law Commission that provides states with non-partisan, well conceived, and well drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law.  She is currently observing the work of the Drafting Committee on Non-Parental Rights to Child Custody and Visitation.

A member of a stepfamily for 30 years, she has five daughters (combination of bios and steps), five sons-in-law, 16 grandchildren, and one great-grandson – giving a large stepfamily age-range from one month to 76 years. 

Their daughters were all teenagers when Stephen and Margorie were married and - everyone has survived!

In partnership with Main Line Family Law Center, Adina Laver, Divorce Coach works with clients who are "on the fence," in the process of separating, getting a divorce, or are in any other way undergoing a significant change or transformation in their lives. Adina is also founder of Divorce Essentials, a specialized divorce coaching and support service for those committed to a healthy path for reclaiming their lives. Contact Adina at adina@divorceessentials.net or follow her on Twitter @AdinaLaver.