Self-sabotage is not a birthright or a right-of-passage!!  Neither is walking blindly into traffic while yapping on your cell phone or jumping behind the wheel with several chocolate martinis under your belt. Some things are just plain stupid and irresponsible.  Our lives are constructed on […]

As a medical and psychiatric visiting nurse for twenty-one years, there’s very little I haven’t seen or heard perched on the sofa or seated at the kitchen table with my patients. Sickness is big business; it’s often a revolving door!   Earning patient trust is a […]

Ahhh, yes. Divorce. That terrifying, life-altering seismic event that happens to other people.  Right?  War-torn couples who couldn’t crack the code for wedded bliss.  The reverberation of horror stories can make your ears bleed. You mourn from afar safe in your bunker.  Nobody really thinks […]

The sudden and shocking death of NBA Legend, Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna and seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California is heartbreaking and devastating!  An ordinary Sunday morning–moms and dads, daughters and sons, husbands and wives headed to a basketball practice […]

I was as green as a kale infused smoothie. All dressed up in my floral scrub top and crisp white pants, with a box of Tic Tacs in my pocket.  I felt rattled. Would I be able to cut it? It was 1998.  My first […]

Every time I see a swelled belly, I still stare. I can’t help it.  No, not a “wine gut” from toasting the weekend or a “muffin top” from devouring junk food and decadent desserts. But, the one that grows a human being. Pregnancy is a […]

My husband is an IT Project Manager for an aerospace and defense company. In other words, he’s the guy who makes sure stuff gets done on time, so he doesn’t have egg on his face. So, I thought he would jump at the chance to […]