The question “Are conflicts damaging my intimate relationship?” is very meaningful to me. I’ve known both extremes — a relationship that was almost entirely conflict-free, and one with quite a bit more conflict than usual. Quite a while ago, I published a story “Is a…
I am pleased to bring you the thinking of today’s guests, CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke. Partners in work and in life for over two decades, they’ve adapted their proven step-by-step process, which they honed while working with numerous Fortune 100 companies,…
Ed and I Walking in Silence Here are two of my favorite quotes about “silence,” which has been the topic of this week’s blogs: The first one offers a place for our soul to lie down and notice that the world is too full to talk…
Lia on Shutterstock It’s very difficult for me to look at my weaknesses, my failings, my imperfections. But I’m learning that my truest and best self may actually reside there, in the cracks. I recently learned about Kintsugi, the centuries-old Japanese art of fixing…
Here’s a tiny glimpse into my life in 1984: I have moved to Stamford CT with my two children, aged 8 and 12, and a just-married-to second husband. I finished my PhD coursework at the University of Illinois but have not yet begun…
Happy Halloween! This holiday reminds me of the many things Ed and I don’t have in common. I grew up in Paraguay and was raised by seriously religious Mennonite missionary parents. My husband Ed came from an upstate New York Irish Catholic family. Our upbringing…