Tonight I made a dinner that I used to make early in my marriage. That marriage ended 20 years after it began and it has been officially over for nearly 8 years. In those 8 years I have learned much through reflection and study. When I divorced I had never heard about narcissism but asContinue reading “The Narcissist Does Not Want to Let You Go”
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Focusing on Mental Health: Part I
We will be exploring and encouraging mental health over the next three videos. 🙏🤗
On the Evils of Guardianship
Here we explore the ills of the practice of professional guardianship in the State of Florida. Take a peek and be horrified.
On Daylight Savings
I know I’m not the only one who takes a while to adjust to daylight savings time every single year. Every year the one hour deficit is brutal. This year I began to think more deeply about this. Everyone complains about the time change. No one can reasonably explain how it came about and whatContinue reading “On Daylight Savings”
Open Letter From Your Dying Mother or Father
This post is informed by the clients and families I have served in my role as an estate planning and probate attorney and all the different scenarios I have witnessed. It is also inspired by my father who cared for his own mother who suffered from alzhiemers until she was 100 in her own home,Continue reading “Open Letter From Your Dying Mother or Father”
My Request for Help and a Response That Will Blow Your Mind
I want to add some more context to try to support others going through this. Today I want to share some email from a “flying monkey” which is a colloquial term for those who support the narcissist despite their devious deeds. Let me lay the groundwork in case you have not read previous or earlierContinue reading “My Request for Help and a Response That Will Blow Your Mind”
On Chaos
Having just been in Dubai for my first time only a couple of weeks ago, the news of the U.S. partnering with Israel to bomb Iran is heartbreaking. I was there for work and it was such an eye opening experience. I feel like here in the U.S. we only hear about this region inContinue reading “On Chaos”
On Betrayal: Navigating the Unimaginable with your “Coparent”
My young daughter was so sick for 36 hours, in bed with fever. I feared maybe she even had measles which is said to be going around. I texted her father (we have been divorced almost 8 years now and he lives less than a mile away) about her condition and that she had missedContinue reading “On Betrayal: Navigating the Unimaginable with your “Coparent””
Surviving Co-Parenting: A Story of Resilience and Hope
For those of you who understand because you’ve lived it and those who are here to be grateful you haven’t, and believe me I hope you never will, I’m sharing how I feel right now. I’ve been divorced now and living this “co-parenting” life for almost 8 years. Now my kids are teens but stillContinue reading “Surviving Co-Parenting: A Story of Resilience and Hope”
A Birthday Saved: Illustrations From My Old Life
Today I was cooking and baking many things, pancakes, lasagna, cookies. My kitchen is not so big so I needed to utilize some extra space in the dining room. This reminded me of a time almost 13 years ago now. And I think it is an illustration of my life at that time. My husbandContinue reading “A Birthday Saved: Illustrations From My Old Life”
Notes From Real Life 