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Could you imagine throwing a holiday dinner party and not preparing for it? I’ll give you a scenario. It’s December 24th. There’s a knock on the door. Your family arrives all dressed up for a party and you are lying on the sofa watching Scandal in your sweats. You offer them a half bottle of […]
I went on one of my favorite vacations two summers ago: my mom, my dad, my step-mom, and my in-laws all shared a house with me, my husband and my daughters. It doesn’t even matter that we went somewhere fun, where we watched sunsets from a boat and shared meals that we took turns preparing […]
We all know that the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. And yes, in this scenario, you are the apple and your family is the tree. In order for you to design a beautiful relationship with yourself in all areas of your life, you have to deal with the tree. Not what you […]
Different than man-ing, bucking or shutting up, at 48-years-old, I managed to Mother Up. What’s it mean? Bet, if there were a sub-URBAN dictionary, it would read something like this: MOTHER UP (v) To eat the roll, baguette or what have you and blame the waiter who brought the basket. To don an underwire bra. […]
You’ve heard the joke that babies don’t come with manuals, right? People are usually shocked at what it’s actually like to become a parent. As a coach, I get a huge kick out of it, because it engenders great humility since full grown adults are reduced to exhausted helpless heaps, and begin to consider forgiving their […]
Did anyone feel like the holiday season came early this year? I did. Maybe it was all the candles? The slower pace? Families bonding together? Communal meals? Being grateful for heat and light? My kids being home for an entire week? THANK YOU HURRICANE SANDY. It’s too bad our “Design Your Holidays” teleseminar is coming up next […]
Your kids. They’ve got school to teach them their educational requirements. They’ve got friends to teach them how to be social and have fun. They’ve got their extracurricular activities to teach them movement and play. And they have dozens of other messages distracting them at any moment of the day. And they have you, their […]
Why do relationships deteriorate over time? What causes people to disconnect and drift apart? I’m not just talking about intimate relationships between married couples and partners; I’m talking about all relationships. What is causing this epidemic of disconnection? Why can’t we maintain a deep connection with the people in our lives? I’ll tell you why. It’s because […]
The other day, I was in a knee-jerk, control mode, trying to get my way with my kids. All the phenomena I experienced were familiar: in the middle of my rant, I felt noble, all my logic made perfect sense to me. The voices in my head sounded intelligent: they are studying wrong, they are […]
Today I want to tell you a parenting story. If you don’t have kids, please read as someone’s child or as a potential, future parent. I am a mother of two elementary-aged kids I am raising in New York City. Now, I know one of the most important parenting rules is: don’t project yourself onto your child. […]
I’m going to talk about death in this blog. Since it’s a sensitive topic, I’m giving you a heads up. If your daddy has already passed away, chances are you know you weren’t ready for it. You didn’t know how to prepare or it was sudden and now it’s too late. Hopefully, since then, you’ve […]
Sometimes I think, “If it weren’t for people, I’d get a lot more done.” Then I laugh, because that is hysterical. I’m a life coach. My job is people. I help people be happy and effective in their lives. I work with other people in order to do that, lots of people. Then, when I am […]
