Family Relationships

In these times of COVID, quickly we are learning that flexibility is the name of the game. We are all learning how to pivot. Oh my, some pivoting is harder than others and I liked life with less pivoting. But imagine how strong we will be after we have successfully...

This year I made a conscious effort to change some things about the way I celebrated Christmas. It made a major difference in my exhaustion levels and in the quality time I spent with family. In fact, it went really well and made the Holiday merry and bright. I did...

It seems a good time of the year to break away from the tech talk and just notice the hustle and bustle we are in the middle of. Tis the season. It's that time of year when we are overwhelmed with the added expectations of the Holidays. But it doesn't have...

Some People cross your path and change your whole direction-unknown Tom and Jane came to me because every night when he gets home from work he and his wife Jane watch the tv in the kitchen, listening to the horrors the newscasters belt out as they prepare dinner, and then they sit down and eat...

Technology is a good servant but a bad master.-Gretchen Rubin Winston Churchill said he did not listen to what people said, but instead watched what they did. Our behavior is everything and the message we send others when in their presence is foundational to the relationship and it’s solidity.  Many people report...

So here is the thing, it is back to school time for kids all over the world. We send them to school to be educated and smart, and we have to consider their emotional intelligence as important also. Because you can have the highest IQ in the world, but if...

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