Right before Christmastime, my girls were learning about Jane Goodall and talking about their love for animals. Elyssa, my youngest, kept asking questions about where meat, eggs and milk came from. My honest yet careful answers still disturbed her. Many say “I don’t eat anything with a face”; at that moment, my daughter’s vowed to ” …
Throughout my life, I’ve seen, heard and read numerous stories about characters obsessing about a “Fountain Of Youth”. Plastic surgery, hair dye, botox, and special creams are advertised everywhere online and offline to rejuvenate you, take years off your face, neck, hands, you name it…and don’t get me started on “prevention techniques”. There are ways …
I once believed conflict to be an evil that must be avoided at all cost. Some of my misconceptions may be familiar to you: Conflict is bad because it means we are fighting. If you disagree with me or can’t see my point, you don’t “like” me. If we are not understanding each other, why …
I grew up in a small valley where we only had access to one radio station (Radio Ocoa) and no newspaper. Every day, around noon or so, they would announce the town obituaries and I used to be fascinated by them. I started to write my obituary/eulogy wherever I could – on the back page of …
– “Earth Day is Every Day” said my daughter Elyssa recently. I fully agree, yet I still support having a “one day celebration”. Like with any holiday (Thanksgiving for gratitude, Christmas for giving, Mother’s and Father’s Day for family, etc.), while it’s fun to celebrate and get on the trend-train, the real purpose is to …
While we may not incorporate frogs into our menus, we all procrastinate. Yes… /procrastination/ “putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time“, mainly because of Fear, Overwhelm, Perfectionism, or an interesting combination of two or all three of these factors. I am a recovered perfectionist. In 2002, my best friend introduced me to the ultimate procrastination-fighting …
Someone does something unpleasant, a situation is difficult, an event is painful… we all have moments when we feel defeated, betrayed, discouraged, disappointed and “when it rains it pours!” Whether we acknowledge it or not, all challenges are meant to be opportunities to learn, grow, expand. Asking the right questions can help us find the …
When Elisha and Elyssa were 1 and 2, I unexpectedly became a single mother. I was forced to start looking for work outside the home and, therefore, place the girls on a child care facility in Naples. We were new town, zero relatives, and only one friend (who didn’t have children). It was a terrifying …
In my mompreneur life, I have to play with words to craft a corporate identity… tag lines, mission statements, web copy, articles, blog posts, books, and marketing messaging. In my mommy life, I must clearly and lovingly discuss principles that will shape my daughters’ lives. Communicating my feelings effectively is the key to all my …
Amy Chua, a prestigious Yale Professor of Law and best selling author had a dream and a goal: to raise her two daughters, Sophia and Louisa (Lulu), to be successful music prodigies. In the process, she would also prove the intense, strict, achievement-oriented “Chinese Parenting” model to be rather superior than the “Western Parenting” model, which she …
