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 [...]
I’m just going to say it: I like to win. Put me in a situation where there’s another team to beat, a medal to be won or a bit of bragging rights to own, and I am all in. I will strategize, plot, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My favorite go-to ‘chick flick’ is The American President. When I am working on a project and need background noise, I will turn it on. I know the lines, I laugh in the same places [...]
He gazed into my eyes. I held the look. We both knew what was about to happen. This was a moment of complete connection, complete understanding. We were there for the same reason. We knew what [...]
There is a place in our reasearch, our reading and our observations where things begin to overlap, to repeat themselves. It is like that busy intersection that you drive through each day to [...]
As my DGC partner, Shirley Ramos, wrote in her recent blog, CLINTON OR FIORINA: IT WAS A COIN TOSS, the flip of a quarter by my youngest son resulted in my covering Carly Fiorina and Shirley [...]