I’m American, and my husband’s from Amsterdam. So we straddle the ocean to keep up with family on two continents. I was a single mom of three sons for seven years. And toward the end, I only wanted one more romantic relationship in my life. So I […]
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Intuitive Intelligence
When my stepdaughter was ten, she walked into a local restaurant and asked the Greek owner if he would sell her an over-sized wooden rosary that he’d brought from his homeland and hung behind the sales register. She knew I’d seen it and liked it, […]
10 Things Good Communicators Do Well
1. They maintain their integrity. That means knowing what their true intention is, and saying and doing that instead of something else. My husband, Ron, was an altar boy from age seven to seventeen. Toward the end, he felt disheartened that so many churchgoers seemed […]
What Inspires Our Emotions?
One of my friends lost out on a promotion at work and felt betrayed by his company. And from that point on, he made sure to include a hint of his feeling of betrayal in every internal company message. He didn’t want anyone to not […]
Guilt Lets Us Do It Again
The summer that I was nine, I begged my parents to let me attend our church’s residential camp. The requirement for a discounted rate was to read The New Testament by a certain date, so I committed to do it. I procrastinated for weeks and […]
9 Things Our Children Need To Know
1. They are innately loved, lovable and loving. Our children need to feel that they matter to us, that they’re needed, and that they contribute to the quality of our lives. They need to feel useful. When I was a single parent, our toilet seat broke […]
Marathon-Communicating With Our Children
When my son turned thirteen, I asked two-dozen of our friends who had known him throughout his life to write their memories and encouraging words for him in a book, and he still has it today. I wanted to send him an empowering message of […]
33 Tips For Achieving What We Want
We get what we want by focusing on what and why, rather than how and when. That means giving our attention to what we want and how we’ll feel when it comes, rather than the lack of it and how we should struggle to change […]
How Can We Help?
The immediacy and relevancy of the vast amount of information coming at us now has made desk chair activists out of many of us. We feel a need to do something. So we often protest things by detailing what’s wrong and what’s not working and […]
25 Tips For Transforming A “Difficult” Relationship
Almost no one makes it out of childhood without baggage, and many of us are using our partners to work out our leftover issues. Divorce ends relationships, not problems. So we take our stuff with us and keep attracting people who can help us resolve […]
Jealousy And Love Can’t Coexist
On a trip to Scotland, I took a bus from Edinburgh to Rosslyn Chapel, which was the film location at the end of The Da Vinci Code, from Dan Brown’s book. Walking up the hill to the chapel, I passed someone’s creative effort to make […]
How To Teach Children What’s Right Without Making Them Feel Wrong
My friends have a three-year-old. The same child who at age two ran up and down the hall just for the joy of running and didn’t know yet that anything was wrong, or even that wrong existed. Now he’s a year older. And I’m watching […]
The Most Important Decision We Make As Parents
The future depends on how we parent, so it’s our biggest responsibility. Too bad there’s no manual or required training. Here’s a key though. The most important thing we can do for our kids is to be good to ourselves, to enjoy life, and to […]
