Stories and tips from the author’s personal experience and accumulated wisdom.
Enjoy this video, and if you would like to read an article on the same subject, here it is: Recently, I talked with a woman – I’ll call her Nancy — who told me she and her husband, “Jim,” had an interaction about their differing views on pandemic do’s and don’ts. He doesn’t believe…
Kahlil Gibran gives some of the best advice for relationship harmony I have heard. In his book, The Prophet, he instructs readers to “Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you.” Hunkering down with my significant other during the pandemic makes that nearly impossible! Many…
The holiday season is here, which means spending time with family members whom we may not see all the time. Because of the political environment in our country right now, these time of togetherness can result in more rifts than ever before. Therefore, when we gather with family over the holidays, how do we…
Today I placed a piece of dark chocolate in my mouth, and its smooth sweetness transported me to envision my sister, chocolate and a treasured memory of a secret middle-of-the-night adventure. I am back in my parent’s kitchen in the early 1960’s, and the smell of warm chocolate melting as I stand over the…