The fine line between sexing it up and false advertising.
Archives for 2011
Bad Girls, Good Guys
The Bad Girl? The Bad Boy? Sexual bait-and-switch to get the brass (wedding) ring?
Will Power
Staying on track when it’s tough.
Can You Name Your Demons?
We all have anxieties, regrets, fears – and often we blame ourselves for events we may not cause, or events in which we share responsibility, but are too quick to own it in entirety. We take comfort in telling ourselves that if we acted differently, things might have turned out differently. It’s difficult to accept […]
Hope Floats
It is a Sandra Bullock movie released in 1998 – Hope Floats – with a predictable plot, but not without its charms. A married mother of a young daughter finds out hubby is cheating and he wants out. As the divorce proceeds, she takes her child and heads home to a small Texas town, where […]
Why “Learning” May Be Nuts
I am a proponent of learning in all its forms: I examine the past to learn from it, I believe in introspection to encourage positive change, I look forward as well as outward, so I may shape the present to achieve a desired future. I acquire knowledge for its own sake. I acquire knowledge so […]
Healthcare: Headache or Heartache?
Anyone see the New York Times yesterday? A new study shows that health care costs for family coverage have risen 9% for employers in the past year. Concerned about that? Concerned if you’re working and covered? If you’re working and not covered? If you’re looking for work? What about your friends and family that may […]
Emotional Stagnation: The Cost of Doing vs Not Doing
Fighting inertia… with an insistence on change.
Shedding
Getting rid of “stuff” ain’t easy!
Laughter Is The Best Medicine
No matter what the time, the place, the circumstances, generally, it’s good for what ails you. Laughter. Seriously! It can’t hurt, right? Except maybe after a C-section or hernia repair. After all, there’s nothing quite like side-splitting, gut busting, uproarious letting loose. I say again: Laughter! Or maybe you prefer a tiny titter from Twitter?