This is the five-year anniversary of my husband’s death. I thought I was doing really great with the whole grief experience as I believed five years would be enough time to grieve. We have all been told so many cliches: They are always with you. The love is always there. You have all the wonderful […]
Welcome to 2024! We are at the beginning of a new year full of expectations, making plans, setting goals, and moving forward. Some of us are looking back reflecting on accomplishments as well as unfinished business. How does all of that make you feel? Are you happy with the results? Are you feeling good about […]
Decide how you want to look and feel this new year! Slip into 2024 as if it were a new outfit. Discover what pieces of your current outfit you no longer need and discard those. Cherish the pieces you love. Be open to receiving the newness and decide what you want to keep. Does the […]
Now that my new book “The Ultimate Path to Forgiveness” is officially “out”, here’s one last excerpt. —- Thousands of books and articles have been written about forgiveness and its benefits. So why do people have such a hard time with it? Some can’t forgive because the person or act was unforgivable. That’s fair. Others simply […]
Happy holidays everyone! I know 2023 has been difficult for many people out there. I also know that at this time of the year there are a lot of people missing loved ones. We have lost so many people! I just want you to know that your loved ones are there. You can speak to […]
The change in temperature during this time of year signals the change in our calendar as well. As we cool off, we reflect over last year’s hot mess and plan for next year’s shining goals. Cooling can be cathartic – slowing down our pace, taking deep breathes, and just chilling. Yet this part of the […]
I was at Target checking out when I heard somebody yell ‘I know that voice.’ It was an old friend of mine who I hadn’t seen in a while. The minute she came over to me, I had this overwhelming feeling that I had a message to share with her, but I ignored it as […]
Enter the world of wonder these holidays. Wonder about our rituals, our plans, our ways. What were their purposes? What do they mean? How did they evolve? How were we to be seen? Which ritual should we keep? Which to dismiss? The plans we automatically make and wonder why this? Consider new ways, new approaches, […]
I was cleaning up my computer files a while back when I stumbled across an email I received from a good friend of mine. You see, years ago we didn’t have Facebook, so we emailed funny stories to each other during the course of our work day. Here’s what I found in the file… (The […]