Mother knows best

Almost every time I talk to my mother these days, she inevitably asks, “You didn’t watch The Holiday yet, did you?” She is, of course, referring to the film with Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black that has been running on cable. I...

Change and hope

And so sometimes life unfolds in the most unexpected of ways. A presidential election. Barack Obama. Sarah Palin. The ban on gay marriage. Oppression. Polarization. Disappointment for some. Jubilation for others. All of this has precipitated the end of an emotionally...

Abundance shower

I will be starting my Election Day with a facial thanks to a former life coaching client who is now studying at Aveda in New York. Yeeha. What a luxury. She called to invite me over the weekend. The same day, I received a $25 gift card from American Express because...

Truth or scare

I’m just not into Halloween. Maybe it’s because it’s taken me a long time to shed all my masks. Or because I don’t want to live in the make believe or pretend to be someone I’m not. Sign me up when we have a holiday celebrating...

Personal trainer

Recently I was working out at the gym when a personal trainer approached and said he saw me there a lot and that I was dedicated. I said I liked coming in about four days a week. Then he said he noticed I do the same routine much of the time. Very true, too, I said....