“What’s with these guys, anyway?” a friend recently lamented. Single again after a nasty, long term relationship, she had cast her line into the online dating pool. Bemused and disgusted, she related tales of guys with lengthy lies, poorly written profiles, and lousy pictures who railed at her because she dared to question and test […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...More years ago than I prefer to count, I was blessed to have in my personal growth class a young woman by the name of Lezlie. She was eager to learn all about herself and the power within. She proved to be an apt student. The more often we shared, the stronger the bond became […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Single, heterosexual women, both young and old, can fall into a pit of despair because of the lies they tell themselves. Lie #1: I Don’t Need A Man We often adopt this lie as truth in the aftermath of a break-up or a disastrous relationship with a man. Our hearts are broken; we’re seriously disillusioned […]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...As 2013 came to a close, I found myself looking forward, with a great deal of relief and excitement, to the dawning of a new year. It had been a brutal year, fraught with big changes in more areas of my life than I thought I had energy for. Yet, here was another opportunity to […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...While I usually consider myself to be the low-tech tool in the high-tech shed, I am gradually changing.There’s an old adage that goes, “grow or die”. When it comes to communicating, I find that if I don’t grow into many of the new computer related tools, my ability to connect with new audiences will be […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...The number of choices each of us makes during any given day is astounding: what time to get up, what to wear, what to eat, what route to take, where to go for coffee, which piece of work to tackle, who to call, how many e-mails to send/respond to, whether to go out at night […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...Like many others, our family has been steeped in the tradition and value of giving over many generations. I can remember reading a letter from my great-grandmother who thanked her daughter for the $5 she sent to help them out – a princely sum in the 1930’s. Because so many struggled in those days, even […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...If you’re like me, each new year that dawns provides an opportunity to start fresh, begin again. We make new resolutions, structure new goals, and look optimistically to the year ahead. It’s my hope that those of you with communication challenges and goals will find this site useful as you strive to meet each challenge. […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...As I review my notes to present another “Safety Valves” talk, I leaf through one of my resources – Kenford Nedd’s book, Power Over Stress. He talks about the importance of building hardiness both physically, emotionally, and spiritually in order to achieve power over life’s stressors. Here are seven key points he makes in helping […]
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