If you’ve met someone you like, or even really like, you may be seeing stars and feeling the butterflies. You start to smile whenever you think about them, and start worrying about what you wear. You’re starting to consider taking…
Category: Relationships
Too often we judge people too quickly or too subjectively. We tell stories about them without thinking about them – our perceptions and prejudices get the best out of us. I was reminded today when I received the following in…
This morning, one of my good friends spilled their courage over coffee after all their failed attempts to find the perfect man. Although their story is about their unique personal experiences, I couldn’t help feeling that I had heard the…
In the days, weeks, and months after the death of my 35-year-old husband, I wavered between insane grief and an insatiable search for him, his essence. One moment I was painfully sad, the next moment I searched for his mind,…
I want to know what your story is … 7 billion stories in the worldI don’t care what you do or what you own. I just want to know who you are. I want to know how unique you are,…
A life of trying to please people who may not be able to be satisfied or trying too hard to always see what is expected of you is a sure way to an unfortunate existence. Marc and I have been…
Today our son Mac started kindergarten. The experience of dropping him off for his first day at school impressed me so much. As every parent of a school-age child can attest, the first day of school is a learning experience…
Everything we needJose’s wife Maria was born in a self-contained one-bedroom house on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. It was a nice little home, but her father Oscar wanted a “real” house. So he worked two jobs –…
How is the fear of rejection holding you back? How would your life be different if you didn’t (subconsciously) care what everyone thought about you? To answer these questions, we need to understand that the vast majority of our fears…