Musings

I have to admit I was totally shocked by the recent news of Bill and Melinda Gates' divorce. I have admired their work to solve some of the world's most devastating problems and have even envied...

I gave a workshop on the Impostor Syndrome last week, in my new membership. It's a topic that resonates with many of us who somehow, no matter our successes and expertise, fear that at any moment...

I first met Adela Mizrachi several years ago at a thank you event for professionals who had volunteered their time to speak to patrons of the (now defunct) Next Door Cafe in Chicago. I loved...

I have made so many wonderful connections with inspirational women through my coaching, my interviews, and my Facebook group. One of these is novelist and former psychotherapist Corie Skolnick. So...

In times of despair, when the present feels dark and the future bleak, the one essential emotion that may help us hang on is hope. Maybe that's why this poem, shared recently by my friend Lisa,...

We lost my 87-year-old father-in-law a week ago. Gabe was a contradictory man, curious and cultured, self-effacing and kind, yet stubborn and curmudgeonly at times. In 1966, he led a daring escape...

There's an epidemic of loneliness. We've all heard it. However bad it was before Covid, it's worse now. Especially for those hunkering down solo, with little...

I recently read In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Hungarian-born Canadian physician Dr. Gabor Maté. It's an unflinching look at the addiction epidemic from someone who's been on the front lines of...

A number of my friends and family members are struggling. No, not the run-of-the-mill Covid malaise so many of us are experiencing. I'm talking about protracted mental health issues—including...