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Your Year in Review 2011: Without Resolutions!

As we herald in the New Year, many begin thinking about making resolutions. However, before you burden yourself with a lengthy list of overwhelming goals for 2012, consider this: Resolutions are just self deprecation with spin. They are born of our relentless focus on our deficits. The worse we feel about ourselves the more resolutions [...]

The Gifts of the Holiday Season

What’s in your Glass? “To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.”  ~Ken Keyes In the endless debate regarding “Is the glass half full, or half empty?”, I think we miss the point.  A better question would be, “Can you see your glass as half empty AND half full [...]

Newly Single? Dealing with Holiday Parties

Even the most content single person will tell you there are drawbacks to being on one’s own. The elation regarding independence often wavers in late fall when bags of candy corn and piles of sugar pumpkins are eclipsed by Santa hats and red and green foiled chocolates. Even the most stalwart is not immune to [...]

Technology is like that Bad Boy…

Technology is like that Bad Boy in High School; the one I was crazy about. Both are lean and sleek and have amazing potential. On a good day when they are “on”, both can light up a room. They promise to be low maintenance and easy to understand. They are creative and offer endless possibilities. [...]

Holiday Gifts for Children of Recently Divorced Parents

When a couple goes through a divorce, they become the easiest people on your shopping list to buy for! When buying a gift for children of divorce, their unique needs may not be as clear as those of their parents. Certainly, they have adjustments of their own to make such as dealing with change and loss, [...]