New Jersey: Our new home. We found our house after much consideration, research and help. Though it wasn’t perfectly new, it was perfect. Our house is on a quiet street, with a big yard, facing a small forest next to a big pool and park...
Read moreIn this final installment to cope when a spouse loses a job, sometimes the simplest remedies are the best medicine. 1. Reconnect with Your Husband Bring out an old photo album, or take new picturesLeave love notes next to the coffee, or in the...
Read morePeople may be feeling more positive about our economic future, though there are still a few hills to climb. In this part 3 of 4, what else can you do to help your spouse cope with job loss? Tell your husband you will do all you can to help you...
Read moreIn this second of a series, learn practical solutions for the silent partner of job loss. What can you actively do when your spouse, possibly the major income earner, has lost a job? Take two major steps at home: Cut spending at home, and keep...
Read more“Peter hides it well, but I know he is miserable, and the tension in our house is unbearable at times.”Pamela confesses to me over coffee. Pamela’s husband recently lost his job. She is nervous about spending a single unnecessary dollar, and the...
Read moreIt occurs to me that of the many choices we make in life, we can always choose the happy or inspiring route. Crowds may choose to demonstrate against a policy, for a cause, because they have no other way to get their message across. This crowd...
Read moreIs energy really positive or negative? Energy, in and of itself, is neutral. How energy effects a person is what makes it positive or negative. Or more accurately, how a person perceives the energy or event they interact with is...
Read moreI have, open on my table, a book on writing: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. One of her nuggets of advice: each character should have an acre of emotions – their own acre to do with it what they will. Do they grow flowers and vegetables, or...
Read moreWe All Have Personal ToolsWhat you already have: Tools to solve problems with kids Tools to appreciate a husband Tools to do well at work Tools to deal with hormones and life (though you suspect there may be better tools, somewhere…) Your...
Read moreThought I’d share this blog. Tina gets right down to the heart of the matter and reveals some tough steps that our egos don’t easily respond to. http://thinksimplenow.com/happiness/dealing-with-difficult-people/ Connect on Facebook...
Read moreAre you doing book research, reading for interest or expanding knowledge ? There are many useful links on metaphysics. Here are some of my favorites: My Meditation Coach Brett and Greg offer classes near San Jose as well as drop in group...
Read moreIt has been some months since I’ve posted. I’ve dedicated my writing time, these past few months, on a new book. It’s about time, however, to let the etheric connections of the internet know I’m still around, though in the...
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