What if. What do you normally think right after those two words? I tend to think what if...CATASTROPHE! My preponderance to imagine the worst case scenario is so ingrained in me that even though I have proven to myself that the worst case scenario NEVER happens, I still always go to what if..CATASTROPHE as my first [...]
What is your relationship with money? I thought I'd better ask you again because I have been assuming you have a similar relationship to money that I have. Lately I've been realizing that my assumptions often get me into hot water. So to figure out if you have similar money issues to me, I'd better [...]
Let's face it. Life can be a struggle. As one friend recently posted on Facebook "life is like a roller coaster! I HATE ROLLER COASTERS!" That post got me thinking. I too hate roller coasters, so much so, that I avoid places that have them just so I won't even have to think about going on [...]
I don't know where to start with this blog post but I know the outcome I want. I know what I need to say but I'm not sure how it is going to look when I finally do say it. I am relying on my values and my life experiences to be pulled forth from [...]
Have you ever thought of yourself as a bad mother? I know I have. In fact, "I'm a bad mother" is a like a tagline that accompanies all my parenting mistakes. Despite knowing that parenting is challenging and I couldn't possibly be expected to get it right the first time (especially as I don't research [...]
I like to find answers to the problems in life. I realize that this is impossible and I will drive myself crazy trying to find one answer to life but this week I really feel like I'm getting close. Really. Close. This week I've decided that when we get into a rough patch it's all [...]
If not, there's a good reason. My divorce was a Collaborative Divorce. What does that mean? On the surface, it means that you agree to keep your divorce out of the courts. That was one of the reasons why I agreed to try the process when I was getting a divorce from my husband. There [...]
I was trained to believe that being busy means you are important. This wasn't overt training. It was training I chose to believe from observing the world around me. OK, there was a bit of overt training in school. I see it now when I see what I'm doing to my children at the start [...]
From my very unofficial polling of people that I come across in life, it seems that money and parenting issues are the major causes of divorce. I had a slightly funny and slightly tragic conversation with a friend the other day. We were commiserating on the fact that we both separated from our spouses because [...]
I think our beliefs and the stories we tell ourselves drive our lives. It is what your head is telling you that determines if you will have a good day or bad day. Yes, I believe we manifest our destiny by our beliefs. I came to this realization after a lot of self-reflection. What is it that makes [...]