We all want to live our lives in peace and quiet, but then something happens and conflicts arise. As long as there are people there will be conflicts. We all need to understand that conflicts we have with one another should be...

The other day somebody told me a story they had heard about a philosophy professor and an exercise she performed for her class. I thought it so good I would share it with you.

A philosophy professor had a jar filled with 3 large...

I had decided to change careers and as I was looking for colleges to apply to for speech therapy. While searching,  I started to see information about physical therapy. Once again, that gnawing in my heart started. Was I going...

In last week’s blog I shared about my dream to be a successful business woman on Wall Street.  I had achieved Assistant Treasurer at JP Morgan and was 75% done with my MBA at Baruch College. Soon after, I decided to leave...

Years ago in the 80s, I was a thriving career woman on Wall Street. I started out at the very bottom as a payroll clerk.  As a woman back then, you did not have glass ceilings, you had brick walls.  Being an extremely...

It is easy to stuck in the rut of ritual and repetition. It is even easier to get stuck in our comfort zone and to lessen our expectations of ourselves and others. We stay in the same job, associate with the same people, and keep...

I read a post this week in a Facebook group that many of us can relate to. It was a person  who commented that she felt she had totally lost touch with who she was. She asked if other people were struggling with it. The likes...

Trying to juggle life’s demands on your time and energy can leave you feeling drained and struggling to find meaning and purpose in your life. Add to that the stresses and uncertainty of the COVID19 pandemic, and the last two...

There is no doubt that  segregation and exclusion still infiltrate every area of our world. Why do we struggle so much with including each other when it is a basic human need we all yearn for?  

Exclusion is often caused...

The world has been turned upside down several times with the pandemic. Life remains very much in flux.  From day to day, you never know if you should be shaking hands or elbow pumping, standing three or six feet away,...

Many of us have New Year’s resolutions. How are you doing with your resolutions? We are now in the third week of January. This is the time where the health clubs begin to die down and the parking spaces begin to open up. The...

People often identify themselves by the titles or roles they play.  When asked to tell people who they are many describe themselves as a parent, hairdresser, financial advisor, caretaker, and the list goes on. As a...