What’s the Secret? Kindness & Generosity

In our work with relationships, experience teaches that struggles and challenges are a natural aspect of relating… even the most successful ones. Our differences with one another is a given. Avoiding and running away from conflict particularly in loving, intimate relationships never works. It will somehow always catch up to us. I’m a big fan of John Gottman. He is a professor of psychology known for his … (Read more)

The Holidays are here (almost)… excited or angst? Could I have 5 minutes of your time?

Yikes! The Holidays are just around the corner. Yep, it’s true! Halloween marks the beginning of the Holiday Season- a time that is marketed to be all ho, ho, ho and jolly and yet for many it takes some ‘work’ to be jolly and have a holiday season that brings the peace, joy and love we all want and deserve. So how are you feeling… … (Read more)

One of My Many Reasons for Joy

Carol and her family will be celebrating four years since our dear Chloe entered our lives. We adopted Chloe when she was 1-1/2 years from the Golden Gate Lab Rescue. And now, 7 pages later with 163 items listed on her “wall of shame” (number of items she has chewed on, destroyed, or eaten by stealing!) all we can say is… Thank you, dear Chloe! … (Read more)

A Mom Day

This Mother’s Day will be my first without my mother and I am acutely aware of her absence. There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think of her, wish I could call her to share something about my life or hear something about hers. I miss her infectious laugh, smile as I remember her sometimes ridiculously long and detailed stories and … (Read more)

Celebrating a Wedding Anniversary!

A letter to my Mom and Dad, I am quite a fortunate one. How lucky I am (along with siblings Craig and Cindy) to wish you two a Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary on this day, April 4, 2013! Mom and Dad, there is no greater gift you have given us than your modeling what has been a marriage built upon commitment, unwavering support, gratitude and … (Read more)