Life is full of amazing experiences. Large, medium or small, all are big. Being aware of life's full-ness keeps me motivated, contented, excited and alive. How do you recognize your own experiences of living fully? Which ones in the past have filled you with contentment, satisfaction and aliveness? One of the times I feel most [...]
Yesterday was single parents' day! Finally a day to honor the hard work and extraordinary parenting skill and artistry of single parents, who keep all the balls in the air to do so much for their children. It ain't easy. I have been thinking a lot about single parenting, as I always do. Having been [...]
Having a true friend, a real friend, is a blessing that happens once or twice in a life time. I am off to Florida tomorrow to visit my closest friend. "Friend" is not quite the right term for Risa. She has been more like a sister, a nuclear family member. Over many years of growing, [...]
I have the gift of intuition. My gift has benefitted me in many ways, some of which I have written about in my book, "Soul Mothers' Wisdom/Seven Insights for the Single Mother," which is due out later this year. I have devoted one chapter of the book to psychic development and my personal journey into [...]
I heard today that Michele Obama once likened her parenting situation to that of a single mother. Very interesting, and very understandable. Whether single by choice, separation, divorce, death of your partner, his/her deployment, or his preoccupation with being president of the United States of America, single mothers have a common denominator. We are [...]
You have the power to affect and influence your circumstances. But you can be robbed of the awareness of your power by fear or other negative emotions. As single moms painful feelings are normal and understandable, but what you tell yourself ( your thinking!) about these emotions can make a difference in the intensity and [...]
When I was going through the hardest years of bringing up my children as a single mother, including dating or having some years with a partner, what I most needed was hope and encouragement that I could see this incredible journey through to the conclusion of launching my children into adulthood. I needed voices of [...]
What is it in the nature of us humans that makes us confuse real inner power, true inner strength, with not feeling our emotions? What makes us think that feeling little and weak is the same as not being strong? Human beings go through all manners of emotional and mental contortions to avoid feeling the [...]
I have always been fascinated by people's stories. It makes sense that I became a clinical social worker, a therapist. I love hearing about people's stories and finding the roots and blossoms of their strengths. The manuscript for "Soul Mothers' Wisdom/Seven Insights for the Single Mother," officially delivered to Pearlsong Press, and due for publication [...]
I have always been fascinated by people's stories. I guess that is why I went into the business I am in. I remember how, when I was an adolescent in the no-cell-phone and just- before-the-cordless era, I sat in my mother's closet with the long curly cord just under the closed door as I "counseled" [...]