11 Tips for Dealing with Holiday Grief

The lyrics from a famous Christmas song suggest December and Christmas as the most wonderful time of the year. Yet for women who are grieving, the holidays represent fresh sorrow. They do not feel joy nor do they want to find enjoyment at such a difficult time. How do...

How to Practice Endurance

In January I had an accident. Nothing life-threatening, but I did break my arm (now put together with a titanium rod and two pins) and fractured my hip (knitted together with three titanium screws). My friends now call me the bionic woman. All this additional hardware...

How to Determine More or Less in 2016

Statistics show that most New Year’s Resolutions have already been broken. We begin, determined to exercise more, eat less sugar and move toward new goals – then something happens. We realize how much we don’t WANT to change. Or we finally accept the fact that change...

Going in Circles for 2016

When we think of making new resolutions or setting new goals for 2016, we often get bogged down in how to express them. And if we can’t totally understand them ourselves, then how can we make sure we accomplish our goals? Since we are holistic women – made up of body,...

How to Focus on a Fresh Start

I always look forward to January 1st. It is symbolic of a fresh start – a clean slate – a chance to right the wrongs of the previous year. However, I no longer participate in the tradition of setting New Year’s Resolutions. I always set the bar too high, expect too...