Category: Relationships

  • 13 Tips For Step-Moms

    13 tips for Step-Moms

  • 21 Ways to Love Yourself

    21 Ways to Love Yourself

    We can only reach our true potential if we truly love ourselves. Here are 21 ways to do that.

  • What No One Tells You About Loving Yourself

    What No One Tells You About Loving Yourself

    I am going to tell you right outta the gates what no one tells you about loving yourself. I’m not even going to make you read this whole article to find out what it is. No one tells you that loving yourself is essential. That it’s crucial. Imperative. No one tells you that. No one…

  • Why Getting Dumped Is A Good Thing

    Why Getting Dumped Is A Good Thing

    Getting dumped never feels good but read this to find out why it’s actually a good thing.

  • Grateful For Girlfriends

    Grateful For Girlfriends

    As I sit in a window lined lobby of a Hawaiian hotel on the North Shore, overlooking the Pacific with my laptop open, I am overwhelmed. Watching the billowy clouds push through the sky from the balmy Hawaiian wind, I am overcome with gratitude. Every cell of my body recognizes the blessings in my life.…

  • Knowing When To Quit

    Knowing When To Quit

    Quitting isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It simply means redirecting yourself. Here is one experience I had with quitting.

  • Making Your Happiness a Priority

    Making Your Happiness a Priority

    I take happiness very seriously. Yours and mine. You’ve heard me preach before, life is short. It is imperative we do not take that for granted. I want us both to make the most of every single day we are given and give ourselves permission to spend a few moments focused on what makes us…

  • Learning About Kindness From My Son

    Learning About Kindness From My Son

    Parents have endless opportunities to teach their children. Yet, I learn from my children just as much as they learn from me. They teach me about honesty, spontaneity, courage, compassion, and authenticity among other things. They also teach me and about kindness. Ten years ago, my 9-year-old son Charlie and I were headed to the…

  • Losing Your Mom at 18: A Poem

    Losing Your Mom at 18: A Poem

    I have been thinking a lot lately about loss. About death and conversely about life. These thoughts don’t inundate me by chance. This month, 21 years ago, my mom died. She had breast cancer. She was 51. When she died, my brother had just turned 18. Familiarly close to both of my children’s ages now.…

  • Memories of Mazatlan

    Memories of Mazatlan

    With eyelids still heavy from a deep and cumbersome sleep, I can’t help but grin thinking about the trip I just returned from. On second thought, this was not a trip. It was a vacation. There is definitely a difference.  With a title like Memories from Mazatlan, I know what you’re thinking. But no, not…