I just came across this draft of a post I wrote in the throes of some family drama back in May. As I read it to my middle daughter we laughed looking back at how crazy things were at that time and how we can joke about it now. Although the event has passed, the […]
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Can We Talk About Mean Girls Again?
Come on ladies, we all know them, knew them or are them and don’t realize it. They might be our neighbors or our co-workers. They lurk in our schools and in our churches. It’s a topic that has recently made headlines and forged anti-bullying campaigns, but the issue is never resolved. Yes, I’m talking about those mean […]
Grandma Likes Cheap Wine and Other Lessons in Surrender
Most people wouldn’t guess this now, but I am a recovering perfectionist-control freak. More than 25 years ago I learned that the more you try to control a situation or a person, the more out of control YOU actually become. Surrender doesn’t come easily. It’s when your finger tips are raw and bloody from […]
The Gifts of Awakened Parenting – It’s Not a Contest
I was happily sipping a glass of wine at a Christmas party fifteen years ago when the hot topic of EI (emotional intelligence) vs. IQ (intelligence quotient) came up. This was the first I had heard of the concept even though Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence – Why it can matter more than IQ was a […]
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