Intimacy and the Holidays
What happens to libido when holiday rushing and decorating and partying take over? In the midst of all the chaos, have you found your oasis of joy? In my life there is my adult child, new-ish boyfriend and extended community to consider. As I sought to get dinner in the oven one evening, I completely […]
Birthday Season
Today is my mother’s 80th birthday. I will not call her, I will not give her a gift. I believe she wants it that way. You see we are estranged. How did it happen? Well, lately it happened when I called and she would not speak to me. Like answered the phone and seemed to […]
What Self Care Means to Me
As I write this, I am 64 ounces into a laxative-infused Gatorade binge and counting myself lucky I get this option to prep for my colonoscopy tomorrow. You see my best friend from college, Gerritt VanWagenen, Jr. was not so lucky. He was taken by colon cancer before most people think about getting a colonoscopy. […]
Inaugural post
Still sipping bubbly after officially graduating from Accomplishment Coaching’s yearlong coach training program. I am a coach!! So happy to share with the world what I am learning about how to be human, imperfect, loving, vulnerable in all the places I think I can’t. Allowing it all to seep in as I tackle building a […]