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All of us know someone who’s had an issue for years - hey, we’re probably that person too, at least at some point in our lives. And what delicious conversation comes out of the problem! We get to be seen as the “good guy” and the other person the “bad guy.”
Some years ago, three of my closest relationships ended in …
All of us know someone who’s had an issue for years - hey, we’re probably that person too, at least at some point in our lives. And what delicious conversation comes out of the problem! We get to be seen as the “good guy” and the other person the “bad guy.”
Some years ago, three of my closest relationships ended in a span of two months. I was heartbroken. In my mind, I had committed so much love, time and energy to these relationships and I judged these friends as ungrateful…
As summer comes to a close, I feel gratitude for experiences enjoyed with friends and family, locally and in faraway places. Some of these experiences were wonderful, and others shook me to my core and back! And as I reflect…
LOVE AT FIRST SIP I was 30, in Cancun with my first husband, and I felt alive and free. We were in a café and the smell of coffee and sweetness was too hard to resist. It had rarely occurred…
Keys to being in your new “non-traditional” family: Creativity. Though the concept of the “blended family” is not a new one, the practice is. If you choose to be among those who consciously and responsibly choose this new way of…
“We hold the power to make things happen through our intent - to the extent that we use our intention with compassion and without ego.” - Jonathan Lockwood Huie The Webster-Merriam dictionary defines intention as “the thing that you…
An all too common story Recently I heard a story that touched me and pained me, particularly having lost my mother earlier this year. A mother dies leaving the majority of her estate to her two children. The son is…
I remember being in a bookstore with my significant other/divorcing dad/future husband/future ex-husband during our first weeks of courtship. As it was a new romance and we were completely in our own world, we could have been looking at travel…
The 18-Year Itch For anyone who knows me, they will say that I’m a wanderer and an explorer. Or maybe that I just love airplanes. I recently heard from a colleague that after two decades in Portland, she and her…
2 Marriages and 2 Divorces Later... After two marriages and two divorces, I was reluctant to consider the idea of marriage a third time. That's an understatement - I remember declaring out loud, "I will never get married again!" I…
Conflict is a natural, if not necessary, part of life. The more I'm around it, the more I learn from it. The lessons are innumerable if we are willing to "be with" conflict instead of running from it, hiding from…
Moving from the idea that “relationships are hard” to “relationships are how we learn.” What if our biggest relationship problem was our point of view? How many times have we said “it’s work to be in a relationship” or “I’m…
All of us know someone who’s had an issue for years - hey, we’re probably that person too, at least at some point in our lives. And what delicious conversation comes out of the problem! We get to be seen as the “good guy” and the other person the “bad guy.”
Some years ago, three of my closest relationships ended in …
As summer comes to a close, I feel gratitude for …
LOVE AT FIRST SIP I was 30, in Cancun with …
Keys to being in your new “non-traditional” family: Creativity. Though …
“We hold the power to make things happen through …
An all too common story Recently I heard a story …
I remember being in a bookstore with my significant other/divorcing …
The 18-Year Itch For anyone who knows me, they will …
2 Marriages and 2 Divorces Later… After two marriages and …
Conflict is a natural, if not necessary, part of life. …
Moving from the idea that “relationships are hard” to “relationships …
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