Could you imagine throwing a holiday dinner party and not preparing for it? I mean, just imagine: It’s December 24th. There’s a knock on the door. Your family arrives all dressed up for a party and you are lying on the sofa watching a rerun of “Grey’s Anatomy,” in your sweats. (Not even your good […]
If you have been reading my blogs over the past few years, you know I’ve juggled an addiction or two. In my 30s, I was obese and used food as an escape until I got an HG coach and learned how to put a leash on my vices, design dreams and care enough about my […]
Your kids. They’ve got school to teach them their educational requirements. They’ve got friends to teach them how to be social and have fun. They’ve got their extracurricular activities to teach them movement and play. They’ve got dozens of other messages distracting them at any moment of the day. AND, they have you, their parents, […]
Never go to bed angry. That is one of my Personal Laws, or, actually, it used to be one. Sounds like a good law, right? I don’t think many people would argue with me about it. Although, when it came down to it, it wasn’t really right for me. Why? I’ll get to that soon, […]
For as long as I could remember, I never believed I could have it all. I really believed that anyone who said they could have it “all,” you know, a happy husband, kids, AND a big career, was either a liar, a faker or a skipper of sleep. And, since I was never going to […]
We all know that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. And yes, in this scenario, you are the apple and your family is the tree. In order for you to design a beautiful relationship with yourself in all areas of your life, you have to deal with the tree. Not what you wanted […]
It’s that time again – either you or your kids are back at school, and that means dealing with homework. Or maybe your version of homework is that project at work you’ve been blowing off, or that long list of chores and home repairs that has been gathering dust in the back of your mind. […]
Death might seem like an inappropriate subject to bring up on Father’s Day, but I’m going to talk about it, because it feels timely and important. Since it is a sensitive topic, I’m giving you a heads up. If your dad has already passed away, chances are you weren’t ready for it. You didn’t know […]
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it” – Winston Churchill Everyone has their own personal history: the collection of stories we were told about times we were too young to remember, along with stories we experienced ourselves, spun together by our own interpretation in the present moment. Our history holds […]
Everybody has a few pesky personality traits, whether they know them or not. Bossy, short-tempered, melancholic, fake-nice, judgmental … these traits don’t just hide in a box under your bed. They follow you everywhere you go, at work and at home, tripping you up along the way until you deal with them and shut them […]
The first duty of love is to listen – Paul Tillich My wife’s father died recently and naturally things have been sad around our household. So the other day when I was putting a few towels into the linen closet, I was not entirely surprised to hear soft sobs coming from our bedroom. What happened […]
A client recently asked what to do when people around her were gossiping, now that she has declared a new rule for herself that she would not participate in gossip. Awkward. I told her to use the “crowd out” method. I first learned about the crowd out method in one of Patricia Moreno’s fitness classes. […]
