I have a small frame and have been petite my whole life, until I hit menopause and found myself in an unhappy relationship. The pounds started packing on everywhere! Breaking away was hard, but being alone and happy was far better than being with the wrong person and miserable. Yet,…
The finish line is always the goal. It can sometimes be the line that separates you from the people you work with. Sometimes we need boundaries between us and the rest of the world. Do you ever lay down the law? Draw the line in the sand and warn others…
Jamie Lee Curtis made a great statement once, "Everything you want in the world is just right outside your comfort zone - every single thing you could possibly want!" It's true that we often tend to see the things we want as just beyond our grasp. Stepping outside of our…
In the same way laws and textbooks change with the times, I update my understanding of life. I am free to make different choices and re-create myself at any time. In fact, I've done it several times. A loss, whether it's a job, relationship or living situation can be a…
Life is never what we expect. We make plans and they change. We route trips and take detours. We never know what's going to happen tomorrow, or even later today. Having a plan is nice, but how often do your plans turn out exactly as you make them? Ever? Plan…
As children we are asked "What do you want to be when you grow up?" And our minds are filled with noble aspirations of being doctors, lawyers, pilots, engineers, ballerinas or artists. [caption id="attachment_468" align="alignright" width="300"] careers[/caption] Then we grow up and we are asked, "What do you do?" And we…
Time is our most precious asset, and yet we let it slip away. Since we all get the same 24 hours in a day, why is it that some people achieve so much more with their time than others? [caption id="attachment_448" align="alignright" width="300"] working on a project[/caption] The answer lies…
Last month a friend of mine went to London, Paris and Madrid. She emailed me at different stops and posted her beautiful pictures on facebook. Last week another friend of mine who is working in Paris right now, texted me that he was heading to Munich, Germany and wanted to…
Some feel that intimacy is a four-letter word for "here's my heart and soul." It's both desired and feared, and impossible to live without. We want to fall in love, to share our lives with someone who loves us back to at least the same degree that we love them.…
In the words of Benjamin Franklin, never leave off for tomorrow that which you can do today. Why do we put things off? Fear of failure? Of Rejection? Of Pain? [caption id="attachment_385" align="alignright" width="300"] hanging out with friends[/caption] We have to make our own mistakes, we have to learn our…