It can be hard to say no.This is not because we don’t want to say no. We WANT to set boundaries. We WANT to be able to protect ourselves from endless obligations and responsibility. Mostly, we want to be able to protect our most precious reso ...
Babies are a powerful reminder of the fragility and mystery of life. After months of hoping and loving and planning, with friends and strangers alike commenting on your pending childbirth, you are suddenly (and perhaps not for the first time) in char ...
Becoming a parent is the most anticipated and exciting event in most people’s lives. Since childhood, we have circled around new mothers and their babies, smelled the new baby head, carried baby dolls, and imagined what it would be like when we were ...
I don’t want to get too hung up on deathbed confessions and wishes. Each person is unique. Some people might wish for reconciliation with a lost loved one. Others might wish to have more time. Still others might wish to have had more travel experienc ...
It is easy to feel a sense of helplessness or even depression these days. When we turn on the news or talk with friends were besieged with information about shocking events that make many of us feel uncertain about our future. A pandemic, an election ...
As I start the New Year writing about money decisions, I want you to understand that this is NOT going to be an article about how that mocha latte you bought this morning is preventing you from being a millionaire!And while you may not have sworn ...
You wanted to file that paperwork in time, but it just felt, “heavy.” You couldn’t get it started, and now the deadline has passed.There was something you needed at the store and you were going to go later but now it is closed and you’ll have to ...
In the COVID quarantine we have become comfortable with tele-meetings, tele-family gatherings, tele-school and tele-everything else. We socialize via video chats all the time now. We have celebrated major milestones this way and, tragically, said ...
Emotional Abuse.You have heard the term used in discussions about relationships. You think you know what it means.However, you have a situation in mind where it is sort of borderline. Maybe it's abuse? Maybe it's just inappropriate behav ...
It seems odd to say about the person you have been spending all your free time with for several weeks, or maybe months. But you could likely get to know that person even better than you do now.It doesn’t matter that you think you know them better ...
