During my tenure as an unofficial Divorce Doula, friends & acquaintances who have sought me out for advice or comfort – whether serendipitously or strategically -all seem to share a similar story: partners who were working too much, playing too hard, not paying enough attention to their needs, to the needs of the family. […]
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It takes a village to raise a child
This week, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is being heralded as one of the key negotiators in the cease fire between Israel and Hamas. I have so much admiration for Mrs. Clinton, for all the roles she has excelled in – as a lawyer, mother, First Lady, Secretary of State and author. This is […]
You have to laugh a little, cry a little
Most people are familiar with Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ Five Stages of Grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance (or DABDA, which is kind of snappy for such a sad concept). The model is most commonly used to describe the stages we go through when confronted with illness, death or the death of a loved one, but […]
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