On our Journey

The last three days were brutal.  Any single thing on it’s own was no code red crisis, but the culmination of events left me exhausted and emotionally unable to engage. It started with work [...]

“It looks like Shrek.” He says this with the snarky, disapproving expression common to the teenage male.  And then he adds the final judgement: he shrugs, “Whatever.” I am [...]

Men are wired to connect through sex. And then they are able to delve into emotional intimacy. Women are wired to connect through emotional and mental interactions. And then open themselves up to [...]

December 7, 1941. She was enjoying breakfast with her mother in the courtyard of the Moana Surfrider hotel on Oahu. Over coffee and fruit – and a vain attempt to convince her mother to try [...]

Safe. Maybe it’s not a word that comes to mind immediately when you think of what you want in your intimate relationships. Maybe you just assume it’s already there.  Maybe it seems [...]

From Alison Armstrong, an educator and advocate of communication between men and women.  This is a great read – designed for men but powerful and helpful for women too.   This may be the [...]

When things are not ok, we are told to reach out to our friends, our family, to get the help and support that we need. When things are not ok, we are told to breathe deep, take a step back, try [...]

I stared at my floor for days. 14. There were 14 of them and I was feeling overwhelmed. Indecisive. Irritated. I had 14 different floor tiles, of varying sizes and in varying shades of grey and [...]

There is a war between women and men. It is evident in the words we choose when we speak to each other. It is clear in the positioning of our bodies. It is obvious in the raise of the eyebrows, [...]

It’s not a midlife crisis. Or maybe you’re just trying to excuse yourself, your thoughts, your actions. But the fact is, you are not in a midlife crisis. You did not wake up one day [...]