by AnnSheybani | Apr 21, 2012 | aging, Authenticity, cats, choosing a mate, Confidence, Courage, divorce, goals, growing up, Honesty, husband, identity, Interview, life transitions, marriage, parenting, reinvention, role model, Second Adulthood, Self-Esteem, Starting Over, voice
Rhoda Berman is 85 years old. She’s a vibrant, active, no-nonsense sort of woman who isn’t afraid to express her opinion. She knows her strengths and her weaknesses. She knows how to represent herself. “In order to get the best of me, I have to tell (people) the...
by AnnSheybani | Mar 19, 2012 | Beth Janery, Faith, forgiveness, goals, grace, gratitude, Honesty, identity, love
This is a guest post from Beth Jannery, author of Simple Grace. Life is not to be endured. It is an opportunity to be of service, to enjoy, to grow and change and challenge ourselves. In life we have a choice: fill it with grace or stay in the negative. Recently, I...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 20, 2011 | attachment, Authenticity, choosing a mate, Claire Danes, Codependency, dating, divorce, Ebola, Honesty, Intimacy, Iran, manipulation, marriage, Uncategorized
He kissed me on the lips and told me the sorts of things an insecure girl longs to hear. “I would bring you to Iran with me. I would love it if you joined me,” the man I wanted to marry said, his warm breath grazing my ear. “ I just don’t know how I could ever justify...
by AnnSheybani | Jan 19, 2011 | Honesty, Self-Esteem, Uncategorized
Over New Years we were sitting in a little wine bar up in New Hampshire having tapas when Walt and I spotted an attractive couple about our age. Like us, they were unusual in that they appeared to be madly in love with one another. So different than the other wilted...
by AnnSheybani | Nov 27, 2010 | Honesty, Uncategorized
In Iran, my girlfriend Susan and I were due to have babies at about the same time. Her sexy husband—the one who, according to Susan, spent his nights thinking of inventive ways to drive her wild with passion, and his days selling stolen Kuwaiti cars on the black...
by AnnSheybani | Oct 14, 2010 | 10 Stupid Things WomenDo to Mess Up Their Lives, attachment, Authenticity, Codependency, divorce, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, extreem dependency, goals, Honesty, identity, Iran, manipulation, pregnancy, Self-Esteem, trapping a man
“You know,” my boyfriend said one night over a lovely dinner. “Once my contract’s up at NIH, I should really start thinking about going home to Iran.” He said this casually, as if offering up a random observation, not dropping a ticking time bomb square in my lap....
