Category Archive: General

Saint Damian of Molokai

Today’s blog is to tell you about an amazing and courageous man who lived in the 1800s. For those of you who are not aware of his story, I was just like you. Only recently did I come to learn about Father Damien of Molokai. My inadequate knowledge of leprosy was that it was a […]

Read more

Who needs to keep up with the Jones anyway?

Today I met a new friend whose name will go unmentioned for obvious reasons. She has a child who was diagnosed with a specific type of cancer about five years ago. The child is eight now and is doing wonderfully. What impressed me the most about this mom was her ability to see reality and […]

Read more

A neat little communication tool…called a metaphor.

I hear women say so often, He just doesn’t get it. No matter how I try to tell him how I feel it’s like I’m speaking a different language. Well, the reality is that often men and women are speaking different languages and asking men to listen to how you feel is like asking them […]

Read more

Randy Pausch Gives The Last Lecture

I just saw a video that pales the message that I am attempting to share. The video is one of the late Dr. Randy Pausch. There are songs that give similar messages but not with the profound effect that this video has. For those of you who have not heard it, the title is The […]

Read more

It is wrong to teach children that “sameness” is good.

What are we teaching our children when we approve of sameness? Teaching this fallacy gives a foundation that is difficult to overcome. The reality is that people are different and that is what “makes the world go round.” Things have certainly changed. When I was young, I learned about competition and that was a good […]

Read more

What if you received a very special gift?

  What if… What if you were given a gift that that could transform your child’s life and your life too? What if this gift offered comfort and courage in the presence of adversity? What if this gift gave you and your child hope? What if this gift helped you and your child to feel […]

Read more

Podcasts: SmartWomanRadio

Host Name: SmartWomanRadio Show Name: Meet Claudia Broome, expert on Divorce and it’s effects Date / Length: 4/1/2009 3:00 PM – 1 hr Description: Claudia is a motivational speaker and author, offering solutions & positive ways to handle life’s problems, empowering women faced with tragedy, especially divorce. Learn how to find the positive in a […]

Read more

Podcasts: With Glenn H Heath, PhD – part 2

Dr. Heath is an expert in dealing with the psychological problems that occur in families that find themselves suffering through the divorce process. In this economy, when people are stretched to their very limits, it is rare to find someone of Dr. Heath’s  caliber that would offer time and service free of charge in order […]

Read more