Oct 17, 2019 | Parenting |
My daughter is a senior in college. A number of people have told her that her job this year is to land a job for next year. These are well-intentioned people, her parents sometimes included in this list, but how beneficial is this advice? She could spend nearly every...
Sep 19, 2019 | Parenting |
This Saturday, my oldest child is getting married. In my mind he’s still a toddler, which might make the wedding pictures kind of awkward. But still, that’s how I often think of him. As every parent often says, “It went so fast.” And it did. I have glimpses of...
Sep 12, 2019 | Leadership & Career Development, Relationships
In my work with couples and with business relationships, there is a consistent theme around the struggle with expressing our feelings and desires in relationships in a way that won’t lead to fighting or discord. So many of the people I work with tell me they avoid...
Sep 5, 2019 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem, Relationships |
Last week, my 21-year-old daughter told me that there was something different about her in comparison to all of her other friends and that difference was my fault. She said, “How could you not have taught me about Spanx?” She proceeded to suggest she had just learned...
Aug 8, 2019 | Parenting |
Recently, my husband made me laugh so hard that I spit water out of my nose. This is one of HIS favorite things to do. For me, not so much because it hurts. Anyway, what made me laugh so hard was when my husband said he was going to “catch it” from his parents if our...
