One of the most pressing questions parents ask is how to get their child to obey without having to gear up for battle. I usually begin my answer with an analogy that asks the parent “what do you do when a police officer stops you…
According to professional development research women across the country describe their most challenging communication situations and after more than 800 responses were analyzed the winners in the top ten categories are: Confronting or criticizing others Not being taken seriously Feeling self-conscious Dealing with other people’s…
What are we going to do with our lives when our child leaves home? We have spent a large portion of our lives giving, caring, protecting, carpooling, scheduling and teaching. Now what? In the next nine months many young adults will be going off to…
Cinderella’s wicked stepmother never looked so green. As played by Cate Blanchett in the new “Cinderella” movie, the evil Lady Tremaine wears dresses in every shade of green — from avocado to olive to pistachio.
My father has COPD. He will never be any better than he is today…and today, he is at home in a hospital bed with oxygen strapped to his face every moment of the day. This is prompting my thoughts for this writing. A man who…
If beauty didn’t matter, no one would have noticed Ashley Judd’s puffy face. They certainly would not have sniped about it in such vicious ways that the actress felt compelled to defend both herself and all women in ”the assault on our body image.”
Note to well-meaning wives everywhere: Don’t mother your man. If you’re married to a responsibility-shrugging goofball, state your needs and boundaries clearly and without nagging – then expect your spouse to act like a grownup.
There are people in your life who’ve come and gone, They let you down, You know they hurt your pride. You’d better put it all behind you, babe, ’cause life goes on. You keep carryin’ that anger, It’ll eat you up inside, baby. — Don…
When they announced their divorce, Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren asked for privacy for their children because “the weeks and months ahead will not be easy for them as we adjust to a new family situation.”
It isn’t just people who have lost their jobs who are stressed out these days. It seems like everyone, from the human resource manager who knows layoffs are coming to the single mom who lost half her portfolio, is coming in droves to see area…