Self-Awareness: You’ve probably heard how important it is. Whether you’ve sought out greater self-awareness for business pursuits or because you just want to live a more fulfilled life, the importance of knowing yourself can’t be overestimated. Yet sometimes, when you find yourself banging your head against a wall, frustrated in your relationship, self-awareness seems to […]
Your Brain
The Must Read Book To Improve And Deepen Your Relationship
10 years ago on a Saturday afternoon in late April, I settled into a window seat of an Irish bar, overlooking 2nd Ave in the East Village, with a Guinness in one hand, and the teal, hardcover book by Dr. Sue Johnson, Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, in the other. […]
Your Vision Is Too Big For Self-Sufficiency
Business owners, visionaries and entrepreneurs are highly self-sufficient. Perhaps you can relate. You get the job done really well, right? Sometimes it can be hard to rely on others because their standards aren’t up to par. Listen, I get it. You know the feeling when you delegate something or ask for help and the person […]
Feeling Insane In Your Relationship
When you’re in severe relationship distress, it might feel like your world is ending. It can feel like you’re going insane in your relationship. Like Shirley (her name is made up + details are a combination of several clients to protect privacy). She was ready to leave her marriage when she called me last year. […]
2nd Date Update
We all have guilty pleasures. Yours is Desperate Housewives or The Bachelor or maybe Diners Drive-Ins and Dives (that’s one of my husband’s except he feels no guilt about this), mine is 2nd Date Update on HOT 96.9fm Boston. Here’s the deal: You go out on a date with someone and seem to hit it […]
How to deal with negative people in your life
The question comes up a lot: How do I deal with negative people in my life? The common advice is to just cut them out. Get rid of them. Step away from toxic people. I’m sure you’ve heard that you’re the sum of the 5 people you spend the most time with, so why hang […]
