May is Mental Health Awareness month and I’m glad they don’t call it Mental Illness Awareness. We all have mental health that we need to...

When I think about talking about sexual abuse – I imagine others wanting to whitewash it, make me explain, or shove it back under the rug...

Grandparenting is not just filling them with sugar and sending them home! Not if you have more than a couple of hours with them. During...

It’s true, nobody is always good at life – you just try your best and get better over time. Hopefully you learn to be easier on yourself.

Finding your true self is a journey According to Webster’s II Dictionary, authentic simply means: Real, genuine. Exactly what does that...

Who, What, Why, When and How? I remember learning about personal boundaries during a counseling session and realizing that I didn’t have...

Boys will be men. Teach Boys that Feelings are OK. Sweet boys It came up in a group text with my girlfriends that someone’s husband was...

My favorite bumper sticker There are a lot of people giving their opinions about the civil unrest across America – and the world right...

How’s everyone doing with this staying at home thing? Somedays I don’t mind it – and then I feel down and all over the place.  I miss...

Nope, not for me. I make my own traditions. November and December can be hard months to get through for a lot of people. Coming from...

Written 11/14/2018 I had a dream last night where I told a stranger that I had a purpose and that I just had to do it. She was very...

The day I’ve been looking forward to has finally come! I have long thought about completing my book, mailing a copy to my dad and the...

BTW: It’s not too late to talk about these if you already have kids! Good parenting doesn’t just happen by magic.  It would be helpful to...

Do you know if your meat comes from a Confined Animal Feeding Operation?

Giving children permission to listen to their own inner voice, the feelings in their tummies, will have far reaching positive repercussions