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Where Do You Live?
When our son was about two years old, we got him a t-shirt that proclaimed: “I still live with my parents.” We thought it was the cutest thing ever — incidentally, as newly-minted parents, we thought everything about him was supremely brilliant (Anyone else remember those gushing first-time parent days?). His t-shirt would bring a ...
Is Platform Becoming a Pitfall?
Social media — We love it. We hate it. We love to hate it. We lament over what it has done to our minds, our time, our habits.
But, for this period in history, it’s intrinsically woven into many of our lives.
Never before have regular folks had such ubiquitous opportunities to build platforms where we can ...
Are We Finding Our Own “Fixes”?
A few years ago, the hubbers and I celebrated our tenth anniversary with a trip to Sri Lanka. The package included a stay at a hotel on the beach, two buffet meals at the in-house restaurant, and a car with a driver who doubled as our tour guide for the duration of our stay there ...
The Surprising Answer to Approval Addiction
I found myself doing something embarrassingly strange a few days ago.
I was browsing through a fitness website that had a video on the landing page of people participating in a 10K. In the video, one of the runners, a lady, looked up at the camera, smiled, and waved.
Here’s the weird bit: I smiled and waved ...
Does What You’re Doing Really Count?
This last week didn’t quite go exactly as planned.
I’m guessing that’s happened to you too in the recent past.
You plan to stay on schedule. But the only thing that sticks to its guns is a blasted headache that ruins your day.
You plan to work out and get outdoors more. But the only thing that takes ...
Location, Location, Location – The Real Estate Deal That Truly Matters
The other day a friend drove me to her brand-new house.
You know what they say in the real-estate business — the mantra when it comes to choosing a house is “location, location, location.”
Well, her new house had a reasonably good location with a sorta nice view, you know, nothing too fancy — JUST A GOLF ...
Good Moms Yell Too?
Here’s a dark and somewhat dirty secret . . .
Moms yell.
We do
It’s not something we talk about often.
It’s not something we choose to display on social media.
It’s not something we want on our parenting resumes.
It remains tucked away because there’s shame attached to it. After all, other moms don’t raise their voices and completely lose it with ...
‘Am’ Is All That Matters – Why ‘The Chosen’ Speaks To Us
At the end of every show in the series The Chosen, my 11-year-old daughter asks with incredulity: “What?! It’s done already? Can we watch another one? Pleeeaseeee!”
While my husband and I are pretty particular about limited screen time, we’ve indulged her every now and then. (There could, ahem, be the "possibility" that we allowed “another one” because ...
Seven Unhelpful Words When Someone Is Hurting (And What To Say Instead)
No one wants to be unempathetic when a friend is in a painful situation.
Or at least only a handful of Devil-Wears-Prada-type boss people actually set out to be callous about others’ problems. Most of us want to say the right thing to a hurting friend.
But, sometimes, one’s foot does this weird thing and gets stuck ...
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