Bereavement & Self Care

September 8, 2011

One of my cousins, who is a psychologist, recently sent me an email with the link to an ABC News article that she had received from the American Psychological Association (APA). The article was about a study that was done looking at the increased health risks to parents who have survived the death of one or more of […]

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BlogHer Book Club: Slow Love

September 8, 2011

Slow Love by Dominique Browning is my third BlogHer Book Club read and my least favorite so far.  It is the first book club selection that I chose to read that I thought was just okay. There were some good insights and tidbits to chew on, but as another reviewer @yesnofilms commented on Twitter and I […]

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Gatekeepers

September 4, 2011

I was on Twitter recently and read that Suicide Prevention Week is September 4 – 10 (#suicidepreventionweek). I didn’t realize there was such a thing, but I am glad to know that now. I have had the idea for this post for over a year now, so finding out the significance of this week was the […]

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Love of My Life

September 2, 2011

15 years ago today I met the love of my life. I can still picture and remember so many details about the first time Bob and I were introduced, as I shared about in this post that I wrote three years ago. It has been a wonderful and crazy ride ever since. Though we have our moments, we […]

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There’s an App for That (and I’m in It)!

September 1, 2011

Last month I got an email from Julie Godar, the Managing Editor at BlogHer (yes, I felt very special). She said that one of her colleagues suggested she contact me (I felt even more special). Julie explained in her email that “BlogHer has a fun new partnership with a company called Gourmet Live – featuring local expertise a la […]

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Sharing Hope for the Future

August 30, 2011

Today the kids and I did something that I have been wanting to do for awhile, but had not found the time to fit into our busy schedule over the past six months, especially in light of our recent move. This morning after I taught my “Yoga Sculpt” class at the neighborhood church where I […]

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