Food for Thought

You are the one who cares the most

photo by Jill E. Williams   Last week, while I was visiting Dwight-Englewood school, I was faced with a comment that I’ve certainly heard before. “It’s all well and good to […]

Creating a Self-Appreciation Habit

Creating a Self-Appreciation Habit

Sometimes, it is just so hard to claim something about ourselves, isn’t it?  It’s hard to claim that we’re a good cook or good at math or gifted at putting […]

photo by Jill E. Williams

Resolution Redux

On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of being on Charlotte Today to talk about New Year’s Resolutions.  Today, I am sharing the basic transcript from that conversation.  Hope it might […]

Media Matters

Media Matters

I love Jennifer Aniston.  If I could look like anyone, it would be Jennifer Aniston.  She has the most beautiful skin. This, almost verbatim, is what one of my students […]

Having Vision

Having Vision

There are a trifecta of things I like to have in place when I start the year.  The first is a word for the year.  Next, is a wellness prescription. […]

what's your word for 2012?

what’s your word for 2012?

Happy New Year!  If you are like me, you awoke today with a feeling of possibility.  It’s a whole new year.  What in the world might happen?  While the year […]

Take the pie in the face

Emceeing Mr. Spring Valley 1991 When I was visiting my parents this weekend in South Carolina, I came across a video that made me pause.  In my dad’s neat script […]

5 Suggestions for Next Week

5 Suggestions for Next Week

Resolutions.  We all feel differently about them. For some, they work brilliantly.  For others, not so much.  So with that mind, I am not calling today’s adages resolutions nor I am linking them […]

A December Round Up

A December Round Up

Because I am still making merry, I thought that I’d share posts that I’ve had published elsewhere this month.  Hope you enjoy! Claiming Your Care on Mamiverse:  why it’s important […]

Price of Beauty # 3

  You might recall that on October 23 I made the commitment to track my beauty spending in a post called The Price of Beauty. I figured the best way to […]