Chucking It All And Moving To A Foreign Country

I received this question, one that both Walt and I get more and more frequently, so I thought I’d put my answer to it out here again. I’m so intrigued with how you and Walt move back and forth between the U.S. and Ireland.  I’m just totally curious.  How...

You Have Finally Made Peace With Food. Now What?

This is  guest post by Tara Whitney. I’m really honored to have her as a writing client. I think this piece is beautiful, and vulnerable, and allows you, her reader, to instantly see why you might want her help to free yourself from emotional eating. She has...

While In Vermont

So, Walt and I caught a flight to Boston on Friday from Cork, Ireland. We were on a quick mission: to witness one of our sons get married. The wedding was the perfect anti-wedding, sans fancy attire, rented ballroom, DJ, team of photographers, and towering cake. ...

The Next Time You Complain About The Dating Market

Picking up the pieces after financial and emotional bankruptcy, Ann Peck, host of Straight Talk for a Curvy World, revisits the secrets that shaped her self-concept and self-doubt.  Sex, failed relationships, codependency, parenting mistakes, they’re all there in her...

Just Another Book About Cancer, NOT

For years I was part of a writers’ group that met each Tuesday evening in the author Anne Batterson’s living room. Two or three of the members (we were never more than four at any given time) would read what they’d been working on, and the rest of us...

The Six Pillars Of Self-Esteem

When I was younger, I used to look to others, mostly men, to rescue me. I was convinced that, if left to my own devices, I would make some horrible mistake and screw up my life permanently.  I had no idea who I was, what I wanted or needed, or how I felt about much of...