How to build your confidence after divorce. Divorce really has a way of wrecking our lives. Not only are we learning to be single again, we are also forced to adapt to new realities of a change in lifestyle, schedules, and retirement plans. As if these challenges are not overwhelming enough, there’s another struggle we must…
6 Lessons To Take With You Into the New Year
The new year is fast approaching. I can’t even believe it’s already Christmas. I sit here alone and type this out for you on Christmas day. I’m alone this year. I celebrated last night with some of my expat friends here in Guatemala. Fun was had by all. I knew I’d be working today but…
5 Things to Remember When Your Dreams Don’t Come True.
I have a dream. Don’t we all? We should all have many dreams actually. Dreams keep us young and give us something to look forward to or, at the very least, give us something fun to work towards which, in turn, keeps us busy, productive and determined…or Something like that… When we have a dream,…
The Ugly Truth About Spousal Abandonment and How to Deal With It
As the weather gets colder and the orange and yellow leaves start to fall from the trees, I’ve been thinking a lot about a growing trend in divorce. The ugly truth is that it is happening more and more often these days. The case of spouse abandonment, aka when you thought the marriage was fine…
The One Thing You Need to Do Every Morning and Night
Alarm goes off, hit snooze, finally get out of bed, make coffee/tea, shower and then scramble about the morning trying to get ready to start your day. Sounds frantic! Is this how your days are starting (or something pretty darn close)? Are you running around like a chicken with its head cut off? Are you…
The Life of Single Parents-I’m Not Like The Other Moms
I’m that mom. You know the one. The one who lets her kid do whatever he wants. I was one of those single parents and did the best I could. My kid could do whatever he wanted to do. He was allowed to curse, though he rarely did. He was allowed to drink with his…
September New Moon in Virgo-Reap What You Sow!!
Yippee!! It’s new moon time! The second favourite moon for me. The first one being the full one of course! So we’re already into September. Holy shit where did this year go anyway? Is it just me that thinks time flies by too fast? How are you making out on your goals for this year?…
New Beginnings and Abrupt Endings-The Leo New Moon in August.
Are you still feeling the effects of Mercury Retrograde and the Lunar Eclipse from last month? The energy in the air is still kinda unstable. This week we have a solar eclipse with the new moon in Leo. So what does that mean? New beginnings, abrupt endings, things changing, unexpected situations. It’s a mixed bag…
4 Powerful Ways to Simplify Your Life
Our lives are clogged up with stuff. Material things, things we don’t need or want, toxic people, people we don’t need or want. We work at jobs we hate, we live in houses that cost more than we can afford, we drive cars that are hella expensive to maintain and we have more pairs of…
5 Lessons My Son Taught Me About Life – #4 is the Best.
You know, as we grow, we learn. In order to grow, you must be open to learning anything from anybody. You never know where or who your next life lesson is going to come from. One of my biggest and greatest life lessons came from my 30 year old son. The things he taught me…
