Tag Archives: Holidays

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 [...]

Holiday Guilt: The Gift that keeps on Giving…

And so it begins…The constant jockeying, bargaining, organizing, planning, and fretting that shows up every holiday season as we are bombarded with images of “creating the perfect holiday”. We struggle to meet the needs, wishes and expectations (and yes, sometimes, even the demands) of everyone in our lives. Realistically, we know we can’t please everyone [...]

Trick or Treat! Here Comes Holiday Havoc!

     I was wearing flip flops when I retrieved the mail this morning. Catalogues of shiny Christmas baubles, cashmere sweaters, robotic reindeer, sinfully expensive chocolates and gorgeous gifts wrapped to coordinate with the living room decor (who, besides Martha Stewart, really does that?) are jam packed in the mailbox. Here it is again. I am in [...]

Coping with Loss in a Season of Celebration:

Exploring the Role of Ritual and Tradition in our Lives October heralds the seasonal transition from summer to fall as the palate of our landscape changes. Lush green trees are replaced by the vibrancy of reds, oranges and yellows. Slowly our gardens lose their color and zest. Nights grow cooler, days are shorter and the [...]

Book Excerpt – From Ex-Wife to Exceptional Life: A Woman’s Journey through Divorce – New Years Eve

Book Excerpt – From Ex-Wife to Exceptional Life: A Woman’s Journey through Divorce Many of us actually prefer to stay home on New Year’s Eve or spend the night with friends rather than get all dressed up to trudge through snowy, icy weather, only to eat and drink too much! Yet, the fantasy of this [...]