Happily Ever After? Though my wedding day was nearly 20 years ago, I remember almost every moment of it as if it were last week.  Wait, I don’t actually remember much from last week.  Scratch that analogy.  But seriously, as corny as it sounds my wedding day was one of the happiest days of my life.  I was just 24 years old, blissfully unaware of the fact that I was in the very age group of women getting married (20-24) who are statistically most likely to eventually get divorced. While...Read More

“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.” ~ Meister Eckhart I’m posting the second of my weekly blogs a day early and here’s why.  Tomorrow is Thanksgiving so I thought it would be fun to invite you to share what you’re grateful for.  But then I realized that on Thanksgiving and the day after I’ll be away with my family at a cabin in the woods where there’s no Internet.  Next thought: What if lots of people are writing all these wonderful things they�...Read More

The Elusive Happiness Factor: A Conversation For Women (and men who want to know what women really think) Are you happy?  Are your girlfriends happy?  Why or why not?  Let’s explore what leads to happiness as well as discontent among women of all ages.  It might surprise you.  I’ll walk you through some of the research and share my personal thoughts and experiences.  Here are some of the questions I want to explore with you:  Does marriage make us happier or more dissatisfied and dis...Read More