“Ani can I talk to you?” “Yea, sure. What’s up?” “I knew I could call you. I knew I could tell you anything. This is so embarrassing.” “Of course… what’s going on?” I already know what’s going on. I don’t need to ask. This woman is interested in a man who’s not her...

I used to be a real somebody. A high achiever. A name. A top student. A success. I was a career woman: ambitious, directed, focused…a hardworking visionary. Until the moment she was born. When my daughter, Cassie, was born a switch flipped inside of me from "person"...

I don’t understand boys. At least once a week my boys, 8 and 11 years old, get themselves into some mischief that never in a million years would have occurred to me. They would be making water balloons in the house, sledding over a rock wall, roller-skating through...

I know a lot about husbands, I’ve had two of them. That wasn’t the plan of course, but as life would have it, that’s how it worked out. Interestingly enough, a few months after moving out of my home with my first husband and into the home of my (someday) second, I...

The moment she was born, a switch went off inside of me that turned me into a different person--I was a mother. And somehow the things I wanted for myself melted into the background and didn’t seem to matter much anymore. My life became hers and it seemed completely...

Ask yourself better questions and get the relationship you want. I have never been a kid person. In fact, a few times in my life I have been coerced into teaching dance classes for children and I could not stand it. Why? I simply don’t like to be around other people’s...

Giving myself permission to live guilt-free provides my kids with an empowered role model. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I planned to work part-time while raising her, that way I could continue to do the work that I loved while being a mom. But nothing could...

How long had I been depressed before the days when I couldn’t stop crying? How long had the subtle signs of depression been with me before I wondered if I should end my life? These emotions had been living in me for quite some time. Actually, it was a really long time...