Personally I “planned” my mid-life crisis. I’d worked for the same company for 25 years, raised 2 kids as a single-mother, and had been single for 11 years. I was just waiting for both of my kids to be in college before I “allowed” my life to change. I’d been so responsible for so long,… Continue reading The Power of a Mid-Life Crisis
In a single day, I went from dancing in my underwear with my husband to cowering in the dark on our balcony, between a waist-high wall and a mini-fridge, seven stories above the Mediterranean Sea. The mask my husband had been wearing, during our whirlwind courtship and brief marriage, didn’t just slip off, as it… Continue reading Good Friends at Rock Bottom
One time, a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to go to Mexico with her for a week. She had another friend who owned land on a secluded beach and had built a beautiful home (man… what a kitchen, it was HUGE), and she turned it into a B&B by adding four cabanas,… Continue reading The Week That Changed Everything
When I was six years old, I found myself standing alone in a bedrom that I shared with my two sisters. I felt as if I'd just been beamed into this body. At the same time, I was acutely aware of my surroundings. The wood floor beneath me was "moving," as if it was living… Continue reading The Soul Who Became a Kid
A while back, the topic of an Oprah Winfrey show was mad cow disease; an outbreak of which had occurred in Britain. The disease in cattle has been linked to a related disease in humans that kills people by slowing destroying brain tissue. Cattle producers claimed that the remarks on Winfrey's top-rated talk show subsequently… Continue reading Mad Cow Disease and Grief
True story… My sister just died 5 days ago. She was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer 3 1/2 months ago, so it was a relatively fast (but horrifying) way to go. I’ve also lost both of my parents, my oldest sister and a niece - who hung herself in prison. Let’s go back to… Continue reading Grief and the Power of Denial
Sometimes our minds are too “tight” around issues to think our way out of difficult decisions. We can spend hours, days, weeks, or even decades, weighing the pros and cons. But, sometimes logic isn't the best route to take when changing course could have major ramifications for you and the people close to you. For… Continue reading An Easy Way to Make Difficult Decisions
You become the people you surround yourself with. If you hang out with drug users or prostitutes, you will eventually see it as morally acceptable for you behave in the same way. Hang out with athletes and people in healthy relationships, you will find yourself becoming fit and surrounded by people who are committed to loving and… Continue reading How People are like Chameleons
