“You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family.” How often have you heard this when complaining about a pain-in-the-neck relative? In the same way, you can choose your job, but you ...
The Age of the Babbling Brook It’s a pleasant sound, the gurgling and bubbling that a shallow stream creates as it trips over stones and sticks and other objects in its pathway. Stopping to appreciate it, one can be refreshed ...
Adversity is Your Friend Here they are again, those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer as sung by Nat King Cole in the 60s. “Those days of soda and pretzels and beer.” How innocent are those easy days! This summer finds man...
Bad Girls at Work I had the privilege of speaking to the Waukesha County Chamber Women’s Professional Development Network last month. My topic, “Women Bullying Women” created quite a stir. My own ire on the subject...
The Power of Gentleness How many times on a given day do you feel yourself tempted to punch somebody’s lights out? Not a very gentle question or happy way to start an article, I’ll grant you, but what’s your answer? It s...
Menopause is often called “the silent passage,” and until recently it was one of those things you didn’t talk about, not even among friends. But as women of the Baby Boom generation began making th...
An old English proverb says, “The eyes are windows to the soul.” How true this is! And what profound meaning it carries as we think about how to make them more beautiful. A friend of mine has had ...
Hey look! It’s another New Year! Another chance to build that fantastic future you have been thinking about! Aren’t you excited? Perhaps after a year like last year, you feel some skepticism. ...
'Tis the season once again for wracking your brain without wrecking your budget as you search for the best gifts for your family, friends and business associates. Here are some ideas culled from...