In the beginning of 2003, I was newly divorced with a 18 month old. After staying with my sister and her family for 3 months, I had moved in with a friend and was starting to feel a little more settled. One night I was marveling over the idea that suddenly I was in charge [...]
Read MoreSo much of parenting is just plain hard work — nagging children to practice the piano or do homework, hauling them around to soccer games and baseball practice, dragging ourselves to school functions, trying to teach table manners to savages when what we really want is a hot bath and a glass of wine [...]
Read MoreChanging to a healthier lifestyle involves planning to reach future daily, weekly, monthly etc. goals. But it is our moment to moment mood, state-of-mind and perspective that drive the actions that make our goals come true (or not). You have tens of thousands of thoughts each day. These thoughts become actions which in turn become [...]
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