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Reclaiming My Parental Rights… To Nights

January 6, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 7 Comments

Just say YES… to setting limits with teens and young adults.

Filed Under: College Kids, Lifestyle, Parenting Tagged With: empty nest, family, parenting teens, people pleasers, psychology, single mother, Single Parenting, women raising sons

Body Politic: How Our Bodies Look Vs. How We Use Them

October 28, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 11 Comments

A UK study suggests that women prefer food to sex. Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised.

Filed Under: Health, Relationships, Sexual Politics Tagged With: Helen Mirren, looksism, midlife, psychology, Sex, sexuality, the fat issue, women and body image, women and self-esteem, women over 50, women's health, women's issues

Friction

October 24, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 10 Comments

Oh, those little differences that grate…

Filed Under: Morning Musing, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: communication, communication in relationships, emotions, men and women, non-verbal communication, parenting teenagers, psychology, Relationships

Little Women

October 14, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 16 Comments

Women and power. Women and style. Women and shoes.

Filed Under: Chaussures, Fashion & Style, Lifestyle, Style Tagged With: boyfriends, confidence, girlfriends, little women, men and women, personal style, pop culture, psychology, shoes, women and self-esteem, women over 40, women over 50, women's issues

Good Riddance to Bad Habits

October 5, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 6 Comments

Viewing toxic relationships as bad habits… that you can break.

Filed Under: Health, Lifestyle, Marriage, Relationships Tagged With: bad habits, good habits, health and well-being, healthy habits, human behavior, Marriage and Divorce, psychology, Relationships, surviving breakup, women's health

Can You Name Your Demons?

October 1, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 14 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Surviving Recession Tagged With: anxiety, change, emotions, fear, life after divorce, Marriage and Divorce, post-divorce life, psychology, real women real life, stress management

Emotional Stagnation: The Cost of Doing vs Not Doing

September 27, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 17 Comments

Fighting inertia… with an insistence on change.

Filed Under: Relationships Tagged With: burnout, change, emotions, managing change, midlife, over 50, psychology, women and self-sabotage

Circling

September 20, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 14 Comments

I don’t want to write today. I don’t want to read, to research, to converse, to put on a happy face. I don’t want to shower and dress. I don’t want to pace my rooms, to walk my neighborhood, to clean another goddamn pile, to open the door to the fridge and slam it shut, […]

Filed Under: Dreams, Lifestyle, Surviving Recession Tagged With: burnout, effects of unemployment, empty nest, fatigue, lucid dreaming, midlife, permission to fail, psychology, ramble, real life women, single mothers, Surviving Recession, women over 50

Why Reading This Doesn’t Matter a Damn

September 10, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 14 Comments

Every little thought. Every little detail. Every. Single. Word. Does it matter, really? What we say and why we say it? What we write and our motivations for doing so? Who’s reading? Who’s not reading? Why do we think that each statement or question we put to ourselves is of interest to anyone else? Why […]

Filed Under: Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff Tagged With: creativity, daily plate of crazy, narcissism, narcissism in social media, psychology, ramble, self-image, writing

Backbone

August 24, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 14 Comments

When parenting requires the backbone to say no.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Parenting, Relationships, Single Moms, Tweens and Teens Tagged With: divorce, just say no, life skills, Marriage and Divorce, Parenting, parenting teens, people pleasing, psychology, resolve, single moms, single motherhood, taking risk

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