After a busy, social summer our family recently ended August with a week getaway at the beach. It’s one of our happy places. A place...

It’s that time of year.... everyone’s back at school. Where did summer go? I blinked, May turned into September and now both of my kiddos...

Something caught my eye the other day. I was scrolling through social media and read the following question, “Are there benefits to...

All of these beauties came from my garden. Their magnificent colors. Their beautiful differences. They all grow in the same conditions in...

Julia’s Story: “Anytime anything came up between us she’d make me feel like I was over-sensitive and blowing things out of proportion....

Joanna’s Story: “In my blended family there was lots of animosity from my mom after my parent’s divorce, especially when my dad married...

Maren’s Story: “For as long as I can recall, there’s always been an up and down pattern between me and my mom. She’d brag about me to her...

A lot of people ask me, ‘What’s a frenemy?’ Even to the point of, ‘Is it a made-up word?’ Nope. It’s a real word and it’s been around...

I was recently thinking that for someone who’s an observer to my blogs and social media content it may come across that I’m (only) very...

Author note: “I realized after I’d already written this post that I’m accomplishing a pretty big personal milestone today. This is my...

“we will not be delayed. we will not be masquerade. to the tale of a handmade. we will not let roe v. wade slowly fade. because when we...

It’s a known fact that men and women, for the most part, communicate differently. Think of the book series, Men are From Mars, Women are...

Last Fall I gave my first in-person talk in almost two years. It was exciting to be back with real-live-people, and not at home, on-line...

There’s a person in my social circle that no matter what I do or have done, it’s perceived with malice. It’s been that way for years. And...

I’m sure you’ve heard of the “Queen Bee” expression? She’s regularly thought of as a bitch and an instigator of female rivalry behaviors....

⁉️Did you know ‘Mental Health Awareness Month’ in May, has been observed in the U.S. since 1949? That’s 72 years! Mental health awareness...

She came up to me with tears in her eyes and said, “Thank-you. I thought I was the only one.” It was several years ago, right after I’d...

Our family has a cherished digital picture frame we received as a gift. Watching the evolving photos is like taking a daily trip down...

People have been positioning their boundaries as far back as time goes, because boundaries are built out of necessity to establish...

Sometimes you’re impacted by ‘something’ because of the positive influence it has on others. Perhaps you know this ‘something’...

Sometimes you’re impacted by someone whom you may not know that well directly, but you know through others. Sometimes, the impact of...

Do you have someone in your life that’s a bad-ass? Someone who’s a mover and a shaker and is all about getting things done?! She could be...

Sometimes you don’t see it when you’re in it, especially when it’s right in front of you. The prominent, yet often unknown role, people...

It was around 1980 and was ‘just us girls.’ Aunt Sue, my two cousins and me. I’d stayed over on a Saturday night. On Sunday morning we...