Productivity or Spinning Your Wheels?

When asked about productivity, often I hear people comment about how hard they are working and how many hours a day they spend on their “jobs.” Many times there are complaints about the fact that life isn’t fair and that other people are so lucky or other people have connections. Hmmm… I ask how they […]

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Emotional Abuse: What You Should Know

Emotional abuse tiptoes into relationships. Believe it or not, people can be involved in emotional abuse without knowing it. Are you one of those people? Are you in a toxic relationship with a spouse, a child, a parent, a co-worker or even a friend? Is it possible that you are experiencing emotional abuse? A perfect […]

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Mother – What Makes a Good One?

Whether you are a young mother, an older mother, an adoptive mother, a stay at home mother, a working mother, a single mother, a married mother or any kind of mother… this is for you. A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary. ~ Dorothy Canfield Fisher […]

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High Conflict People = Never Ending Divorce

The story is one I hear repeatedly. Why can’t our divorce just be over? The reality is that people must understand that the same issues that played a role during marriage play a role during divorce and play a role after divorce. Rarely do things change. Try this on for size. Think about the people […]

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Balance: Are You Balanced or Off Balance?

Life can be a balancing act because we are consistently bombarded with words and events that can knock us off track. How we handle each day’s challenges will dictate our futures. Why? The answer is that wasted days do not serve as a foundation for success. Being busy does not mean the same thing as […]

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Emotional Strength – Rate Yours

What are your emotions doing for you? Are they helping you to create the life you want or are they creating pain in your life? There is emotional maturity and there is mental strength and there is emotional strength. In order to be successful and even more importantly in order to be happy, we need […]

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Divorce Casualties: Children

As mothers, we all want to do what is best for our children. We plan their meals, go to doctors’ appointments, talk to teachers and watch their sports at every opportunity. We want them to grow into healthy, happy and successful adults. After all, that’s why we became mothers, right? And then sometimes, things go […]

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Antisocial Personality Disorder – Divorce

The holidays bring out the good in most people and sadly the bad in others. This is a time of year when my coaching calls are filled with conversations about sad happenings in people’s lives. So many women blame themselves for the actions of others.  We must take responsibility for our own actions but certainly […]

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