Father Knows Best
June 2025

I grew up in the 50's and besides American Bandstand, my favorite afternoon TV show was 'Father Knows Best.' It starred Robert Young as Jim Anderson, the calm, wise father of a middle-class family in...

Nonnas
May 2025

Holidays, like Mother's Day, can often ignite a melancholy feeling, especially as we grow older. Loved ones may no longer be here. Traditions have been modified or compromised over time. Expectations...

What are You doing for others?
April 2025

Are you part of the 76 million people born 1946-1964 considered the largest and oldest generation in the world? Paul Simon and I are Boomers. 'Born at the right time,' Paul Simon once said. We were the...

What's the rest of YOUR story?
January 2025

Here we are at the beginning of another New Year! Resolutions! Ambitious goals! And stellar visions are the usual tools at this time. At my age, intentions matter most, especially as I get older, I realize...

BE DO HAVE
November 2024

Thanksgiving is my all-time favorite Holiday. Not only because my sweet potatoes insure I'll always be invited to a Thanksgiving table, but I am also an effusive hugger expressing my heartfelt thanks to...

PIVOT is an option
October 2024

You know me. I'm a planner. I always show up. I'm deliberate in my decisions. I do my best to avoid impulsive actions. But, this month I had to be brave in ways so unlike me. I chose to pivot. Perhaps you can relate.

Harvest Your Wisdom!
August 2024

By now, the sand between your toes is simply a lovely memory, kids are back in school as routines begin again, and you're grateful to still ‘be standing' after this record-high-summer- temps. Some days you can almost feel.....

Sweetness of Doing Nothing
July 2024

Hope you are staying cool! Just because I live in 3-digit heat during these summer months, while everyone I know is off traveling to the beach, I stay busy. As I heard Anthony Hopkins say on a FB post....

Is Laughter REALLY the best medicine???
June 2024

Hope you are staying cool these days! My girlfriends, Bonnie and Marcia, are my lifeline, 24/7 am/pm. Whenever we are together, no matter what else is going on in our lives with our children, our husbands, and/or our businesses, I know there will be at least one....

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SOMEDAY is NOW
May 2024

Bonjour! Namaste! Ni Hao! Dia dhuit! Merhaba! Hola! Back in the day, did you start a bucket list? Have you checked off all the boxes? What's next? What's your timeline? Listen up: If you are waiting to travel....

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Yea, YOU!
April 2024

Are you dancing through the tulips? Enjoy every precious moment! We know that summer sits on the edge of every beautiful Spring day! I love coaching women. I've witnessed possibilities, small steps....

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Comin' Up Roses
March 2024

Another Spring sure does feel good, doesn't it? I'm in the final stages of creating the curriculum for the April 4-May19 program, and I can hardly stand it, I'm so excited as we Move Forward into Awe. Several people have asked me....

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Hello, Gorgeous!
February 2024

Transitions can be so uncomfortable, can't they? Are you struggling with the invisible woman syndrome? Do you find yourself overlooked in social situations, the workplace, and in the media? Well, your days of fading...

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Gee Whillikers!
January 2024

Holy Moley! It's a New Year!!! I saw a great FB post (unfortunately, anonymous) of all the words that are now long gone: We were 'in like Flynn and living the life of Riley; not even a regular guy could accuse me of being a knucklehead, nincompoop, or a pill...

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