How are your New Year’s resolutions holding up? Did you make any? Are you still adhering to them? Did you start a new diet? A new workout regimen? Start a personal growth journey? These are all goals. One approach to setting goals is to look at yourself and your...
Relationships
Is It Time To File? (A Short Quiz)
It’s over. Your divorce is finalized, the final order has been entered and all has finally been agreed to (or decided for you). The nightmare is finally over, right? After all, word is bond and a judge has ordered both you and your ex on how to conduct yourselves...
New Year
We often hear the concept “new year, new me.” With every new year comes the tradition of New Year’s resolutions, vision boards, creating a new version of oneself; out with the old, in with the new. New Years don’t require a new you, but it is a great opportunity to...
New Beginnings – A second chance at life and lessons learned
A wish for peace, joy and love for you and your families in 2024. On Mar 1, 2023, my life fundamentally changed. I remember staring at the MRI report reading “significant renal mass.” The words were confusing, medical terminology that I had briefly encountered, but...
Presence is the Best Present
What is your dream gift? For some it might be a brand-new, candy-red Porsche 911 Carrera GTS with fewer miles than they have birthdays. For others, a sparkling new Rolex Daytona or other similarly rare timepiece that not only leaps off of one’s wrist into...
Let It Go
Why is it every time we break up with someone, it seems like the breakup has to be messy, that someone has to “blow it up” so that it is easier to walk away? That seems to be the norm rather than the outlier. It’s like we have to make breakups ugly or even vindictive...
Lessons in Long-Term Monogamy – Vanderpump Rules
For two months now, the internet has been gripped with news that Tom Sandoval, Bravo TV personality and Vanderpump Rules veteran cast mate, cheated on his long time girlfriend Ariana Madix... with her best friend and fellow cast mate Raquel. In brief description: the...
How a Good Night’s Rest Can Ease Your Day’s Stress
It’s funny how something seemingly so fundamental can become so neglected as we grow older. Sleep being an important part of your day is not a revolutionary concept. As children, our parents gave us bed times to ensure we got the necessary amount of rest to be...
Tom v. Gisele
It was recently announced that Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen were proceeding with a divorce. This wasn’t terribly surprising as the gossip columns had been talking about their marital problems for several months. Mr. Brady initially retired from professional football...
Supporting Adult Children Post-Divorce
You and your husband have been married for 20 years and share two children. One night, after your children--who were fifteen and fourteen years old at the time--had gone to bed, you and your husband sat down at the dinner table to discuss your marriage. Things were...