Menopause Challenges Relationships

Recently I was asked if I thought that menopause freed women up or caused trouble.  What a perceptive question since the answer is that both things happen.  It is not an either/or.

The most tumultuous time for women are the few years (anywhere from 2 to 10) prior to menopause  where most women experience a variety [...]

A Growth Mindset Enhances Relationships

A growth mindset is good for relationships.  Actually,  I think,  that it is essential to developing healthy relationships.  When two individuals begin a relationship they have the task of learning to also be  a twosome. Not an easy task considering that each person comes with unique  life experiences and each is filled  with expectations for [...]

And The Walls Came Tumbling Down

An artist friend of mine is working on a series about walls going up when relationships end. I will be eager to see how she depicts that in her paintings. As we talked I said to her that so much of my work is helping people take down emotional walls that have been in their  [...]

Changing Habits

People who keep  growing realize they have to change some habits. Many of our habits make life easier while we may have others that get in our way of getting what we want for ourselves. It is our habits that keep us repeating life in the same way.  In order to make changes we have [...]

Relationship Dilemma

When one person in a relationship starts making changes and the other doesn’t there is  an effect on the balance of the relationship.  Whenever I am coaching someone at some point this balance struggle arises.  This does not  just happen to the people I coach but it is a universal phenomenon.  As one person starts [...]

Being Fully Engaged In Life

In order to be fully engaged in life we have to have energy. Yet a very common refrain that I hear from people is that they do not have enough energy to do what they want to do. So they spend considerable time in passive activities like watching TV or sports.  That being the case, [...]

Joining the World of Blog Talk Radio

I am finally going to have my own Blog Talk Radio Show.  The title is: Second Act Success for Baby Boomers and Beyond. The shortened version is  Second Act Success.  The  focus of the show will be on how to make this the best time of your life.

In the second half of life the emphasis [...]

Be OK With Who You Are

Recently I came across this quote by Louis Hay that I really love because it captures the essence of self empowerment.  ” When you make it OK to be yourself then you automatically allow others to be themselves.  Their little habits no longer bother you so much.  You release the need to “change them” as [...]

Relationships Organize How You Communicate

After writing 30 daily blogs I took a short break.  Now I am back wanting to talk about the power of relationships on communication.

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you could not be yourself?  What I mean is being around someone else where you felt squelched.  I can certainly recall times when [...]

Blog Talk Radio Interview by Connie Green

Today I was interviewed by Connie Ragen Green who is teaching me all about how to create a successful internet business.  The focus was on my business which is teaching people how to upgrade their lives and enhance their relationships.   I do this by teaching healthy self growth and relationship skills which increase happiness, [...]