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STORY, SAUCE & SASS
What, Where or Who is Home?
I have lived in a number of house & apartments, some with gardens, others without, some near a subway, others further into suburbia. I have lived alone, I have lived with my former husband. I have lived in a shared house with 6 other room-mates who stole my milk...
Food, Family & Gifts During the Holiday Season
When the holidays descend on us, we have many aspects to manage - the travel, the gifts, family, the food…. For some of us it can feel totally overwhelming. I sat down with my friend Tammy Svenson the other day to come up with some of our top issues, so that we could...
Steady She Goes
The stress continues to build in my life. My house has now sold. I have 7 weeks to find a new home for me, my three kids, my new au pair (who is arriving from France, 3 days after we close on this house), my 90lb rescue mutt, the guinea pig and the three fishes! I...
Self Love: I am Whole.
The last few days have been stressful. Traveling with my children to Brazil and back required 26 hours of plane and car journeys. While I was there, I was dealing with the negotiations of offers and counter-offers on the sale of my home and the back and forth with my...
Friends Who Become Family
When I started having kids, in a city and country far from my family and place of birth it became clear to me that I needed to create my own family, wherever I was living. My mother pointed out to me that if I was in London, my kids would be being looked after by...
Being a Beginner
In about 7 months, I turn 40. For some reason in our Western mindset, 40 is a big birthday. I suspect it’s because life expectancy is 78.8 years, here in the U.S., so, 40 is middle-aged: half a life! Research suggests that what keeps us young is constantly learning...
Can You Release Your Emergency Brake?
I went to a conference on tuesday called the Insightful Women Conference. The speakers were all leaders in their fields and they talked about their challenges as women, as mothers in their roles as CEOs of for-profits, non-profits & in the world of politics. One...
Cleanse Time: Clean Out Your Body, Mind & Closets!
It’s that time of year again. The weather is cooling, the leaves are changing, I’m starting to dig out warmer jackets for my kids and we are all starting to sleep with pajamas! Twice a year I like to cleanse my body by cutting out certain food groups to reset my...
Under Pressure: Do you Crumble or Become a Diamond?
Life is stressful. Some of the stress is ongoing, like a chronic condition - a generalized feeling of anxiety, perhaps associated with someone at your job, with a fear of not being able to make your mortgage or rent payment because your work does not provide a steady...
Appropriately Fearless
My children go to a local Montessori school, here in Cleveland. The head of school is retiring, so we are in the process of looking for a new principal. Meeting and interacting with these highly qualified and impressive individuals, asking them questions about their...
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