Few expenses are as frustrating, unpredictable, and scary as the cost of health care. If you must take a prescription medication for either a chronic condition or a sudden illness, you know this all too well. It feels like the pharmaceutical companies are holding us hostage! This is leading far too many to skip doses …
Last year I didn’t blog as much as I intended. In looking back, I can see that 2022 was a bit of a timeout for me. I had to put my sweet, soulmate cat, Gladys, to rest on 2/2/22. Despite adopting two adorable furbabies a little over a month later, the grief I experienced over …
I turn 48 today. In honor of this special occasion, I am sharing 8 life lessons I believe I was meant to learn in this lifetime. As a sensitive empath who has struggled with codependency, my lessons may not be entirely universal. Yet, I suspect there is a thread of truth running through all 8 …
The word “better” is loaded with emotion. We implore people to “feel better” when they are sick. We use the term to assess skills and rank one another as in, “she’s a better writer than I am.” Alternatively, we refer to it as a marker for improvement, like the classic mantra used in hypnosis, “every …
“Make your own bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.” Ralph Waldo Emerson For the past 8 years, I have been keeping an ever-growing Word document on my laptop that includes 13 pages of my favorite quotes. I’m …
