Category Archive: Women’s Strength

Who Are You?

Do you know who you are? I mean who you really are? Think about it. Sure, you might be a mom or a daughter or a sister or a friend but that those things don’t define who you are. When you think about who you are, you need to think about only you. Forget thinking […]

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Verbal Abuse Is Passed on to The Children

Many times women  are so close to situations that they are incapable of having or maintaining perspective. In fact, they are incapable of being objective regarding their own lives. Often, women miss what is actually happening around them because they are so “used to it.” As an example, think of a mother whose husband speaks […]

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Look Before You Leap

A new client of mine said something this morning that really made me think. It’s not that I haven’t heard it before. It’s that I never heard it the way that she said it. She said, “I want no part of two of my daughters because they look just like their father and he is […]

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In Wine There Is Truth

There is a Latin phrase which is “In vino veritas.” It is translated into “In wine there is truth.”  On that note,  I realize that quite a lot of the first calls that my clients make to me are in the evening. I’m pretty sure that quite a few of these calls are precipitated by […]

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Help Wanted

One of my calls today was from someone who had just gotten a phenomenal job after having been out of work for sixteen months. She kept saying that she had gotten the job because she hadn’t given up. No matter what people told her, she said she kept trying and finally it paid off. I […]

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Do You Have What It Takes?

As you watch and feel your marriage coming to an end, there are many emotions that take over. I understand so well the feelings of failure, fear and sadness. How could there be anything other than those feelings? Here’s the part that I need to share with you because focusing on things like this will […]

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Divorce and The New Year

To each and every one of you, my best wishes for an amazing 2012! As difficult as it may be for you to believe, life can and will get better. I have been through what you are going through, so I really get how sad and broken you feel. The part of the process that […]

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Divorce and The New Year

You are frustrated and tired and afraid. I get that. After all, it’s the holiday season and almost the end of the year. You are living through the same experiences that you were at this time last year. Right? One thing is different now. For whatever reason, you understand that your marriage is over. So […]

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