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Manage Expectations for a Healthy, Loving Relationship With Your Daughter
One of the things I hear mothers of adult daughters talk about a lot is their expectations. Whether we voice them or not, we all have hopes and expectations for our daughters, both big things and little
Continue readingYou Can’t Teach Your Kids What You Don’t Know
Sometimes being a parent can be so overwhelming. We want to be the best possible parent, but we make that a higher priority than being the best possible person. We give our kids lots of love and
Continue readingMothers and Daughters: Criticism and Acceptance
The single biggest complaint daughters have about their moms is, “She’s always criticizing me.” If you are a mom, you may be thinking, “I can’t open my mouth because my daughter takes
Continue readingDon’t Believe Everything You Think!
How do you think about yourself? Is your opinion of yourself based upon who you really are? Or on what your parents, friends or relatives told you as a child? Or the story you created from experiences
Continue readingHappy Mother’s Day to all Mothers and Daughters!
For me, being a mom is the most challenging and most rewarding endeavor I have ever undertaken. The mother-daughter dynamic is amazing. As linguist Deborah Tannen describes in You’re Wearing THAT? “They
Continue readingHow to Measure Your Progress
Measure your progress by how you are changing your habits, not by the number on the scale. In my home and in my coaching practice, I talk about the idea that our negative patterns are either lines in water,
Continue readingAre You a Mean Dieter?
Are You A Mean Dieter? We hear about mean drunks and happy drunks. I’ve never known any happy dieters, but have known many mean dieters. Thin mean dieters and overweight mean dieters. Both are mostly
Continue readingConflict Avoidance in Marriage–A Sure Road to Unhappiness
Since 1992, I have worked as a mediator helping people to resolve conflict through constructive conversation. As both a mediator and life coach, I help people express and analyze their feelings and look
Continue readingWhat Millennials Want Their Parents To Know About Facebook Etiquette
If you are the parent of a teenager or young adult, you’ve probably noticed how differently each generation uses and expresses itself on social media. Maybe your kids have gotten upset about posts
Continue readingHow to Find Out What is Behind Our Cravings
WANT TO END YOUR CRAVINGS? Why do we have cravings? Why do some people crave new clothes despite a full closet? Why do some people flirt with members of the opposite sex or have affairs when they are happily
Continue readingDo You Find Eating Boring?
DO YOU FIND EATING BORING? Maybe this will sound like a silly question, but most people I know aren’t really paying attention while they are eating. They are usually doing something else.
Continue readingWhy NOT Fall in Love This Valentine’s Day?
What could possibly be wrong with a holiday that celebrates LOVE? I’ve been a fan of Valentine’s Day since I was a kid. I liked decorating shoeboxes and getting those goofy little punch out
Continue readingAre You Raising Your Children to be Approval Addicts?
We’ve all heard that being a parent is the hardest job on earth. I agree. But are we really making the job easier by teaching our children to obey us to obtain our approval and love? If you answer, “YES”
Continue readingReal Love Versus Infatuation
So many people have no idea that real love and infatuation are two very different things. It is therefore no wonder that so many marriages fail because they are entered into during the infatuation period
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