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I am not the only one asking this right now. In fact, I suspect I’m in the majority. Racism is not an easy subject. There are all kinds of reasons to think this, that I can’t make a difference. [...]

The scene is out of a movie. A Tupperware lid, chewed up, a bottle of hand lotion, open and dripping, a box of tissue, shredded and a scattering of cough drops litter my office rug. At the center [...]

So. I’ve been trying to write this blog. I have five false starts of about 500 words and two whining journal entries.  It’s not writer’s block. It’s just not working. After several days of [...]

Are you ready for that awkward conversation with Aunt Cecilia? The intensity of the holidays is here. You are busy rushing about, preparing for family gatherings, work parties, cleaning house and [...]

“Those are it. She likes those.” He said it quite definitively. She squinted at him behind the Versace shades. “But she’ll need a few more minutes to admit it [...]

“Run towards the pain. Own it and run through it like a freak.” That’s what she said when I asked her how she was feeling about the situation, how she was coping. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]