I recently wrote a piece about my older brother, the most avidly fit person in our family having a heart attack and being found dead on the floor of the ED where he worked. After being revived, he left the hospital five days later and has been recovering at home, where he lives alone. This […]
On a rainy Sunday evening I returned from St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark having visited my brother who had a heart attack the night before. The good news—he had it where he worked, at St. Mike’s ER. The not so good news—he had it in an area where it was not observed. When his […]
Two steps forward one step back… is a catchphrase that references an anecdote about a frog that is trying to climb out of a well. It means that as he climbs up two steps he then falls back one, and the whole process of climbing out of the well is long and arduous. When I […]
How often have you started to share something you’ve been thinking only to have the person you are speaking with begin to contradict you? It’s rare for any quality communication to take place after this happens. It’s more likely that you’ll end up arguing, or going silent and keeping your thoughts to yourself. Either way, […]
We choose when to wake up, what to eat, what to wear, and where to go and when. Each and every day, we make choices about these tangible things in our lives. And, more often than not, we make them consciously. We also make choices about what to think, but how conscious are those choices? […]
By Lisa Brick What if the divorce process could be a crash course in discovering outdated and limiting belief systems and thought patterns about life, love, relationships, family, and money and letting them go forever? Would your pain have less sting and more promise if you could discover what you needed to learn about yourself […]
Guest post by Donna Bradshaw. It’s hard enough to cope with the life changing event of going through a divorce, but even more disconcerting when you have to find a job after having been away from the workplace for an extended period of time. It can be scary to suddenly have to support yourself […]
Guest post by Mandy Walker of SinceMyDivorce.com. I generally don’t like reading articles about divorce studies: often they don’t seem to reflect what I’m hearing in my interviews. Admittedly I haven’t come across any studies yet on the quality of parenting after divorce – but there’s always the cry from the “stay married” advocates […]
Transitioning through divorce is more about BEING than DOING. Our life transitions are much like the changing of the seasons. In nature, how effortlessly trees turn their young buds to deep green leaves to bright autumn hues and then dry up and fall from their branches in full surrender of what is and must be. […]
Guest post by Wendy MacKay. Raising teenagers can seem overwhelming for any parent, even in the best of families. Single parents often feel like they’re walking a tight rope with no safety net, balancing words and actions while communicating with their teen. Even if there’s a step-parent to lean on for support, teens can […]
