The last time I came back to the States for vacation while living in Iran, I got together with some old friends and regaled them with my latest in-law stories….
When I was twenty-one I found myself in an awful predicament. With a semester and a half to go before graduating from college, I got pregnant. I decided that snowy…
All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.–Blaise Pascal I was sitting in a mindfulness breakout session in Dublin last week when the…
About ten years ago, I took my first vacation alone, a week-long bike tour in southern France. Despite my years as a traveling salesperson, I’d never liked going to the…
It’s been one of those weeks. Who are we kidding, it’s been one of those months. What with this broken ankle and not being able to run, I’ve become seriously…
This is a guest post by the world famous boundary expert, Bridget Cooper. Well maybe not world famous. Yet. But hold on. When you have boundary issues it’s a huge…
I have this message hanging over my desk. I’m not sure who wrote it. I keep it there because there are those days that I really need the reminder. The…
Some people are late bloomers. Take Flo Stahl, for instance. She didn’t begin to value herself until the ripe old age of 65. Now a vibrant, sexy 80-year-old, Flo is…