Family Balance

  • Multitasking is the Opposite of Mindfulness

        The ‘myth of multitasking’ is so common. It has even become part of job descriptions employers create, in order to find the right candidate for the job.  The truth is that multitasking is not efficient or desirable. In fact, it is the opposite!  Let’s examine this myth in more detail, why it is […]

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  • How to Develop Your Emotional Intelligence to Lead a Balanced Life

    This past week I reacted emotionally to a situation that struck fear in my heart and I lashed out at someone in panic.  Yes, even I can get overly emotional sometimes.  The person on the receiving end of my fear became distant and I had to rethink how my reaction affected her.  In turn I […]

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  • Greater Success with An Evening Routine

        Morning routines are quite popular.  Even I have one.  However, I find that my evening routine is what makes me more successful.  While others settle down and watch mind numbing TV after a long day’s work, I get more exhilaration, clarity and satisfaction out of my evening routine. Evening routines are great for […]

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  • 5 Ways to have a healthy relationship with your Mom

        After 20 yrs of intimacy coaching and being a student of the heart, equilibrium and intimacy… Our relationship with our Moms, the Divine Mother, Pachamama and Mother Gaia, is so fundamental for our fulfillment, sense of safety, approval and belonging! If we really looked hard, everyone’s mom is most likely a combination of […]

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  • Patience…

        It was late summer.  They start draining the lake that time of year in preparation for winter to reduce ice damage to the shorelines.  Time to pull the boat out of the water, clean it up and get it winterized. My youngest was going on an adventure with his father which my oldest […]

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  • The Dreaded Phone Call…

        I was at work maybe 15 minutes.  My ex called to tell me that he had just dropped off our younger son at my place.   While on the office phone, my cell phone rings and it’s our oldest son. “Hey buddy, what’s up?”  “Mom, I’ve been in an accident.”  With a phone on […]

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  • I Live On A One Way, Dead End Street!

        Years ago, I was in New York City during the Christmas Holiday — Typical New York with the hustle and bustle of city life.  People rushing to go to work, someone yelling because he was cut off by a car and another was on the street begging for money. As I thought about […]

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  • Teenagers, oh the Trials and Tribulations!

    This summer I had my fill of teenage drama.  I heard about it all from my boys, nieces and nephews.  Who was dating whom that someone else liked.  Who got their hands on alcohol and learned what it was like to drink too much.  Who got caught on the security camera vandalizing the public house. […]

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  • I Love Him… And Now He’s Gone!

    My client called me in absolute despair. The man she’d been living with for the past two years had told her he no longer wanted to be with her and he’d found someone else. She feels her whole world has collapsed; wakes up panicking in the night and says how incomplete she feels without him.

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  • How Getting Bullied Can Be Good For Children…

    And the Younger The Better! It wasn’t unusual for the phone to ring at around dinner time. Thinking it was an opportunity for me to unload on an obtrusive telemarketer, I hurried to the phone. When I picked up the phone I could hear rapid breathing patterns of two young people and then I heard […]

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