JANUARY: Doctors Beware Divorce Month

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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[January is Divorce Month]

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January is nick-named the “divorce month” because of an uptick in activity for divorce lawyers after the New Year. Yet, January to April 15th is also a very low period in terms of people inquiring about divorce mediation. The reason is that couples generally want to know where they stand financially before pursuing divorce.

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And, with the economy improving in 2024, people may be less inclined to wait. While anecdotal evidence abounds, hard figures are more elusive. An analysis of national divorce filings between 2008 and 2011 by legal information website FindLaw.com found a spike in January and a gradual rise until a peak in late March.

Mediation: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2023/08/12/a-step-wise-approach-to-the-divorce-mediation-process-for-doctors/

UPDATE 2024: The exclusivity of marriage in the contemporary era has dire, compounding consequences across generations. As researchers Shelly Lundberg, Robert A. Pollak and Jenna Stearns document, in 1960, people with and without college degrees married and formed families in a similar manner, but today, just 11% of childbirths for those with college degrees are non-marital, while 58% of childbirths for those without are. This cleavage makes possible what the Brookings Institution’s Melissa Kearney describes as “two-parent privilege,” an emerging phenomenon through which well-off couples transmit educational and economic advantages to their children. Viewed from this angle, it should not surprise us that many Americans think the rich are galloping ever further ahead.

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STOCK MARKET TRIFECTA: A Good January Launch for 2023

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

By Staff Reporters

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  • The stock market just confirmed a rare trifecta of bullish indicators that suggests big upside in 2023.
  • The trifecta included a Santa Claus rally, positive returns in the first five trading days of the year, and a positive January.
  • On other occasions when the bullish trifecta occurred after a bear market, stocks were higher 100% of the time in the following year.
  • RELATED: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2022/12/28/what-is-the-santa-claus-stock-market-rally/

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DRY JANUARY [An Alcohol Free Month]

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Dry January is a campaign delivered by Alcohol Change UK where people sign up to abstain from alcohol for the month of January. The term “Dry January” is a registered trademark with Alcohol Change UK and was first registered in 2014.

The campaign was first delivered in 2013 by Alcohol Concern (now called Alcohol Change UK) and 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the campaign. Emily Robinson, founded the campaign after taking a month off alcohol in January 2011 to prepare for a half marathon. After noticing the benefits and people’s interest in her month off alcohol she decided to start the campaign when she joined Alcohol Concern in 2012. Around the same time Nicole Brodeur of The Seattle Times wrote a column on her first Dry January motivated by a friend who had done the same for several years before.

In its first year, 4,000 people signed up for Dry January and it has grown in popularity ever since with over 130,000 people signing up to take part in 2022. Dry January was endorsed by Public Health England in 2015 leading to a large uptake in numbers and steady increase in participants year on year. Research by the University of Sussex published in 2020 found that those signing up to take part in Dry January using Alcohol Change UK’s free Try Dry app and/or coaching emails were twice as likely to have a completely alcohol-free month, compared to those who try to avoid alcohol on their own in January, and have significantly improved well-being and healthier drinking six months later.

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