Memo to Self: Writers Write; Gardeners Garden
Years ago, when I asked a librarian to assist me in finding a book that would help me pitch my essays to magazine editors, a smile slid across her face until she was positively beaming. “You’re a...
View ArticleFarewell Old Friend and Thanks for the Memories
Saying goodbye has never come easily for me. I can be ridiculously sentimental and teary-eyed when it comes to goodbyes, even when there’s an occasion for a happy parting of the ways. Sometimes, to...
View ArticleWhy Isn’t this Meditation Group More Zen?
A couple years ago, I was a part of a weekly meditation group that arguably made me feel more irritable than Zen. Though on some evenings I’d return home feeling a bit more peaceful than when I’d...
View ArticleWherever you are on your healing journey, you ARE making progress
As a coach, I am often reminding my clients to celebrate their successes. If they don’t take time to consider how far they’ve come, they will constantly be grasping for something bigger and better and...
View ArticleIs Time Your Worst Enemy? Or Are You?
Years ago, I worked with a successful young businesswoman named Terri* who wanted to carve out some room in her life for her long lost love: fine arts photography, a creative pursuit she had given up...
View ArticleNote To Women: Let’s Give Ourselves Permission to Have Fun
Lately, I’ve been wondering whether it’s just my imagination, or whether men in our culture have more freedom than women to pursue a hobby or special interest. My hunch is that yes, they do. Or maybe...
View ArticleMenopause: Can you go through “The Change” without a power surge?
When I was growing up, there were endless snipes – on TV and in real life – leveled against women going through “the Big M.” Little zingers like “she MUST be going through the Change of Life because...
View ArticleWhen a Person Is Diagnosed With a Condition, Whole Family is Affected
When my husband was diagnosed with an inner ear condition called secondary endolymphatic hydrops (hydrops) and told he needed to be on a low sodium diet last year, you would have thought that, given...
View ArticleAs a survivor of child sexual abuse, I say forgiveness can set us free
As a survivor of child sexual abuse, I’ve never been one to preach forgiveness. I remember running into some of those proverbial “preachers” early on in my recovery who told me “if you want to heal,...
View ArticleKnowledge is power: don’t forget to schedule a mammogram, pronto!
Many years ago, I was watching a segment on a TV talk show about breast cancer that made me sit up and listen a little closer. One of the doctors on the show said that a surprising number of women put...
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