Our plans changed. We cancelled our flights home to Seattle yesterday and we wait to see what happens with Chris’ mom in the ICU. We have the luxury of minimizing…
When to IMPOSE Help?
There are the people who are good at accepting help (I’ll call them “yups”) and those who always defer (I’ll call these “nopes”). I’m usually a nope. Chris is a…
Reflection: Keep Living
I’m back at Starbucks today but this one is in Orange County, California. It is sunny outside and people are cheery. There is an adult tutor/pupil pair sitting in front…
Everyone Needs a Jeffrey
Do you ever wonder why you are so insanely bothered by someone’s actions or behaviors? Do you catch yourself being a “hater?” Exhibit A: I love Ina Garten AKA Barefoot…
Nothing is Weird in Seattle
In honor of my sister’s visit to Seattle this week (she now lives in Japan), I want to talk about an “interesting” cultural aspect of Seattle, Washington. Years ago, when…
Scary to Sparkly: Karyn Bosnak
I have a good friend who knows pop culture like a fat kid knows cake. She has the ability to update you on the latest gossip news in a way…
Supplements du Jour
Did you ever eat those Flintstones vitamins when you were growing up?  I would bargain with my mother:  I will eat the vitamin if I can dissolve it in my water…
The OTHER Secret
The Secret is a best selling book on the law of attraction but the OTHER secret is the secret YOU’VE been keeping. Being of a “liver constitution” which I will explain…
A Year of Birthday Gifts
Who has time to buy birthday gifts for everyone?! I DO! But that wasn’t always the case. For years, gift buying/preparation had been a large source of anxiety. I had…
What I would have done for Elizabeth Gilbert’s 200K Advance
Eat Pray Love’s author, Elizabeth Gilbert, was already a many-times-over published writer when her publisher provided her with a $200,000 advance to write the famous non-fiction novel-turned-Julia Roberts box office…
