
Last week I got an email from one of my clients who was hard hit by the news that her father, already quite fragile, was going into surgery. She told me that she found some relief from her fears about him from tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique).
I wrote her back and shared that I had also used technique with great success last year, and reminded me that I could share it with you, too. I think it’s a great way to make friends with your inner critic.

I’m going to begin this story by giving away the ending: I am now the mother of three children. If you are struggling with fertility issues and this outcome is difficult to read right now, you have my heartfelt permission to click away. That’s exactly what I would have done during my seven-year effort to conceive.
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Some fathers bring the gift of rule-stretching to their parenting: sneaking out for an ice cream before dinner, showing P.G. 13 movies if they feature hyper-space, sending the kids off to the park with a box of Twinkies and a four pack of Monsters. This conveniently elevates fathers into the “nice guy” role. But women, especially mothers, bring their own gifts. One of which is an intuition so acute the brokers on Wall Street dream of possessing it; preferably in a handy pocket inhaler.
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Do you find it challenging to pull yourself out of bed in the morning? Are you living on that triple shot Caramel Macchiato? Are you tempted to nap every afternoon? Does your body protest when your brain feels like exercising? Do you feel like fatigue is all that separates you from your mojo?
Today, I started my day with needles protruding from the furrow between my eyes. I figured that, since I’m on this health kick and my colon has been irrigated, I might as well start taking care of the rest of my body. So I made an appointment to see Dr.
I’m feeling a little unrooted these days. I’ve been exploring these feelings, the ones that tells me I want to go back to work. But I’m plagued with doubts. Is there room in this world for the kind of doctor I want to be?