In January 2018, I had the pleasure of speaking with Donna Carol Voss, in her own words, “a Berkeley grad, a former pagan, a Mormon on purpose, and an original thinker on twenty-first-century living.” She hosts “Nothing to Apologize For,” a show where she makes no apologies for talking about…
At the MCC library in Akron, PA This week I met my parents — for the third time. Like most of you, I met them for the first time as a child, and then as we grew older together. I came to know them for the second time…
My brand new publisher! This week I received a signed contract for my memoir Love is Complicated: A Memoir of Healing from Mango Publishing, the fastest growing independent publisher in the United States. It’s taken years of hard work to get here, so I’m bubbling over…
I’m staring at the photo: Four women, all of us in my kitchen preparing extraordinary delicacies. It was going to be a great meal. We had taken a cooking class together the prior week, walked away with great recipes, and couldn’t wait to…
How often have I heard, “My grandmother was my hero. The impact that she had on my life will stay with me forever.” And when I Google “grandparent influence on grandchildren,” I am shocked by the huge number of adults claiming that their grandparents deeply influenced their beliefs and values….
Dr. Paul Lam, Tai Chi for Health Institute I don’t need to give you all the details of my wonderful, overly full life for you to understand that sometimes it feels like I’m spinning out of control. It…
I have my old stories. You have yours. We all have them. It’s how we learned to make sense of the world around us, and sometimes still do. These old stories about what’s happened to me in the past often continue to rule how…
In a healthy relationship, your partner is that special someone who meshes with you so well that you coexist in perfect harmony. You never have any disagreements, right? Wrong. Research actually suggests that the process of conflict and arguing can be beneficial to the…
The photo is of Ed and me nearly 20 years ago. Drama or action movie? Chinese or Italian food? Spending or saving the latest paycheck? Sacrifice in a partnership means that I freely choose to give up something I want for the sake…
A few months ago, Ed and I sat on the back patio of our winter home in Tucson, Arizona, watching the changing tones of red and purple of the setting sun against Sabino Canyon, and reflecting on our life in the desert. “One of the…