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I passed the same woman in three different aisles yesterday at The Fresh Market. Each time I, I heard her making the same sound: “ugghkk.” As luck would have it, she pulled up behind me in the check out, muttering to herself as she looked around the store and waited her turn. I couldn’t quite […]

David Sedaris once shared that his editor called the title of his collection of essays, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, “willfully obtuse.”

This election has been difficult – on our country and on our relationships. It’s a natural instinct shut down those that don’t agree with us. Unfortunately, we can never heal or grow from that place. But it this is a time for boundaries. Understanding what yours are is the starting point to enforcing them, and to moving forward.

This morning, an Instagram ad for a Halloween T-shirt caught my eye. (When did Halloween get so gory, anyway?) Something else about it grabbed me, though. If you’ve ever worked with a coach, chances are the person you started as is somewhat different than the one you grew into. It’s also likely that the first […]

I was eleven when my (great) Uncle Henry died.  He was a smallish guy with a Brooklyn accent who always had his hands in his pockets and a scratch sheet folded under his arm. He said everything with a smile and a shrug and always repeated the end of the sentence a couple of times. […]

I thought it would make you like me.

…one of the most dreaded days of the year for most people.

I’ll spare you the played-out metamorphosis story about how

Did you know that the #1 predictor of your happiness and wellbeing is the quality of your relationships? We need to belong. We want to be understood. And we need to know that we matter. So, if you want to have loving, beautiful relationships you really do need to listen. Truly listen. It’s all too […]