To many parents, married or single, Spring Break can send a jolt of anxiety through them. Cause for many of us, it doesn’t involve a one-week trip to Jamaica; it involves extra planning and work while we simultaneously tend to our full-time jobs. Myself being ever-the-organizer, I’ve always started planing well in advance for this holiday in past [...]
“You’ve proven you don’t need a man, Delaine.” My best friend Hali then put her wine glass down on the restaurant table and continued: “So when are you going to stop proving it and move BEYOND it?” I looked at her confused. “What are you talking about?” “You’ve done it Delaine. You’ve shown everyone that you can [...]
Divorce can easily feel like a drawn-out death. And like an actual death, one must not only go through the grief cycle (bargaining, denial, anger, depression, acceptance) – one must ALSO begin to rebuild. So today, due to the number of letters I’ve received from people looking for resources, I’m spotlighting two Golden Tools I [...]
Good Morning America recently featured a report on cheating wives. And two things about this news-clip stood out for me: one, how society still ’gasps’ when its women who are choosing to have affairs. And two, how the internet is making cheating so easy. According to adultery expert, Bonnie Weil, an estimated 50-62% of married women cheat. And admittedly, I [...]
When my best friend Hali and I found ourselves newly separated and back out in the dating trenches, we kept hearing the term “Friends With Benefits.” We both liked the sound of it and decided it was something we wanted. After all, we weren’t ready for serious, but we wanted to have sex. Thus a sexual ‘friendship’ verses a love [...]
A couple of days ago was the perfect example. I returned home from custody mediation with my ex with obviously red, puffy eyes. I came inside my house and immediately went downstairs to my office – I didn’t want my preschool daughter to see my puffy face. But once in the privacy of my office, I sat [...]
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