In the last couple weeks, my inbox has been inundated with emails entreating me to have my Best. Year. Ever!! Instead of inspiring me, these emails stress me out. As my client Megan said, “Why does 2019 have to compete with 2020?” Or any other year, for...
When my daughter Isabel was four years old, I took her with me to my hairdresser, John, for a “mommy daughter” day – getting haircuts together and a treat on our way home. Everything was going swimmingly until she got out of the chair. “Mommy,” she...
My mother used to tell a story about a Christmas morning early in her marriage to my father. She had her eye on a certain camelhair coat displayed at a department store. Her anticipation grew as Christmas drew near because a box appeared under the tree that...
A hot topic these days is why the “1%” have accumulated so much wealth. Perhaps you’ve seen the viral video demonstrating, with impressive graphics and mind-boggling statistics, the chasm between the nation’s wealthiest and the bottom 20 percent. So how did 1% do so well? Is...
Last weekend, I felt completely humiliated at church. On that Sunday, we were planning a special service honoring women. However, during choir rehearsal, we had too many pieces to run through, and I never got to rehearse my solo, “I Am Woman” by Helen Reddy, intended...
Part 2 of a 2-part series (click here for part 1 to learn about why New Year’s resolutions don’t work.) I love that freshly-washed feeling of the turn of a new year. It could just be that I get more sleep in the 10 days between Christmas...
Anyone who knows me well knows that I am an Olympics fanatic. While my TV usually sits silent, every two years it comes alive nightly for 16 days, confusing my otherwise school-night-electronics-deprived children. I can’t remember what I used to do with my evening hours...