Feb 28, 2024 | Parenting, Relationships
Coaching and therapy are two unique helping modalities that are based on a confidential relationship between the client and the coach or therapist. It’s a crucial part of that relationship because without it . . . well without it, why bother? Having a safe place...
Jan 24, 2024 | Relationships
Last fall, we had to put our sweet old dog Ginger down. My family was heartbroken, me especially. I told everyone that I was going to get a dog in a few years and just enjoy a quiet empty nest for now. Well, that ended when a friend sent me a picture of a puppy with...
Jun 9, 2023 | Leadership & Career Development, Relationships |
One of my favorite comedy skits is this one with Bob Newhart as a therapist. My favorite line, “Stop it.” This week, as in so many weeks in my life, I’ve seen some women working hard to cancel or take down other women. Stop it. Seriously, stop it now. I do some...
Mar 17, 2023 | Relationships |
Last week marked thirty-three years of marriage for my husband and me. As I’ve mentioned before, it’s a small miracle that we have made it this far. Neither he nor I have quiet, laidback personalities, neither of us like to give in, and mostly we rarely like to...
Jan 1, 2023 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem, Parenting |
2022 was certainly more fun than 2020 and 2021. Although COVID is still an issue, it is not the issue that it was the previous two years. Travel picked up, seeing people in-person picked up, and the year progressed in a way that I didn’t expect after the rather...
Dec 1, 2022 | Parenting |
I’ve claimed an empty nest on and off for the past four years. Each time I’ve been wrong, but I’m willing to try again. In September, our sweet dog left us for squirrels in the sky and in October, our youngest chose to move away from his parents who were annoying the...