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I grew up in a family where admitting that I was feeling bored or sad, was a sure way to be handed a rake or a broom or a cleaning […]

I was sitting with a group of women – yes, socially distanced and outside and my feet were freezing, when one of them said to me, “You must be really […]

Happy International Women’s Day on Monday March 8, 2020. This is an acknowledgement and a note of appreciation to all of the women in my life. Thank you! And here […]

When was the last time you heard the expression: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater? Whenever a conversation approaches a threshold or a pivot point and change seems […]

Gratitude has a lot to do with remembering and today, I am once again, or rather still, writing about Kindness – but this time for my upcoming book. I published […]

Recently, I have been asking and listening to stories about kindness and gratitude. During COVID, it is obvious that our kind-hearted acts need a bit more courage, patience, perspective and […]

Lucky me! If I am sounding like a broken record, at least you know I am consistent, persistent and convinced that I have a message that bears repeating. Over and […]

I gave myself the word ‘Gratitude’ on December 31, 2019 with a commitment to research the topic – the science,  its benefits, my relationship to it and how to do […]

When I was growing up, board games were a common way to pass an hour or two. Monopoly could go on for days, but Snakes and Ladders was a quick […]

A group of seven women and I are four-fifths of the way to winding up our Grapes’n’Gratitudes series. After 21 days of Gratitude journaling, the number of COVID cases rising, […]