I want to tell you a personal story you may relate to. Seven years ago, I was 11 years into a very happy marriage after two previous disastrous marriages. I had finally found the godly man I had been wanting all along. What was surprising was that he was 8 ½ years younger than me …
I had a hot, younger husband and an expanding waistline Read More »
Can you believe it? It’s almost spring! This year is flying by. Here in north Florida, the azaleas and dogwoods are already blooming. If you are in the north, just know that spring is on the way soon. I love the change of seasons, especially spring. One minute, things look cold, dark and dreary …
Because I am a life and relationship coach and I love everything French, when someone recently turned me on to a Netflix series called Emily in Paris, I had to check it out. Since I had six years of French in school and love French fashion, I looked forward to checking the show out and …
I recently returned from a trip to the mountains of Arizona to celebrate my stepmother’s 80th birthday. Being there reminded me so much of all the times I have visited there over the past 40+ years and all the changes that have occurred in my life over that time. When you think about the past …
He was so Different. Different from the all the college and other guys I had dated up to that point. He was working moving furniture in my office building. He was dark and handsome in a “bad boy” kind of way. We struck up a conversation and I looked forward to seeing him in the building every …
Ignoring Red Flags in Relationships Doesn’t Work Read More »
I have a question for you. And I’d love for you to really stop and think about it before answering. Are you letting the Past keep you stuck? Is a break-up or divorce in your past keeping you from moving forward towards new love? Is a diet you tried before, but didn’t work for you …
Let’s play a game of “What If Your Could Have Your Ideal Relationship?” What if you could dream of the perfect relationship with your ideal partner? What would that relationship look like? Would you be married, dating, living together, in a long distance relationship, or in a permanent, committed relationship and not living together? What …
When we think of divorce, we usually don’t think of it as an opportunity. Divorce can be a painful experience. A complete disruption in our lives. What leads up to it can be traumatic. What happens after may be even worse. Our feelings may be all over the place. Devastated. Sad. Relieved. Shocked. Overwhelmed. Guilty. If you …
I was getting close to age 50 and things were looking pretty bleak in the dating and “finding the love of my life” department. I was ready to give up. I had been divorced many years and had just come off a disastrous on-line dating scenario. Dating a guy long-distance for 2 years and then …
“You’re talking too loud!”, I said, with a tone somewhere between impatience and anger. My husband of 15 years replied in a similar tone, “Put your headset on; this is a cognitive problem, not a hearing problem!” We had been co-working in the house for more than a month, and our nerves were really starting …