Archive for the ‘Personal Reflections’ Category

Custody: What Does Best Interest of the Kids Really Mean

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

I've been giving the issue of co-parenting, custody and the "best interest of the kids" a lot of thought recently. I know so many people who kick themselves for having had children with the father or mother of their children. I haven't yet met someone who is a single parent by choice ...

Evolving or Devolving? It’s a Matter of Perspective

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

I'm reading a fantastic book, titled "Generation Me" by Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D. I've been fascinated by generational issues lately, thinking quite a lot about where I fit in among generations. It seems to me that being born in 1973 puts me at the very beginning of "Generation Me." Either that, or ...

A Death in the Family

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

My kitty Ellie was hit by a car last weekend; she died instantly. I found out when a neighbor came into my house to let me know there was a cat in my driveway. When I went outside, there was Ellie, laying on her side. She looked like she was sleeping, ...

Over-Stuffed, But I’m Not Complaining

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Ohhhhh, yes. I definitely ate too much. We did Thanksgiving the right way this year at my house. Well, not really my house. Actually, the condo in Miami Beach I rented with my sister and her boyfriend, Aaron. Yep, boyfriend. There they are right there. He's the first guy she has willingly introduced ...

A radical shift in thinking

Friday, November 16th, 2007

My ex-husband is a trust fund kid, sort of. He wasn't born into wealth, he was adopted in by his step-father, Lew Crosley. And because he was adopted, he gets to take part in one of the small Crosley family trusts. Lew was the great-grandson of Powel Crosley, Jr., the ...

Hold Yourself to a Higher Standard

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

I'm spending the week at the Ananda Institute of Alternative Living at the Living Wisdom Family Camp with my family. It's a MUCH needed week of peace away for creative refueling. So, for this weeks email, I enlisted the help of my good friend, David Dee. (www.davedee.com) Enjoy what he has to say ...

If You Can’t Attend My Workshop, Read This …

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

I got tons of emails after I sent yesterday's message about Melanie and Casey Barber and what their family has experienced since the accident a year ago. Most of those emails were thanking me for sharing this critical information and enlightening people about this subject not talked about publicly enough. But some ...

Learn from the Barber family tragedy

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

If you aren't a parent (or you are a client of mine and already know all this), please send this to any parents you know who would benefit from knowing how important (and easy) it is to make sure this doesn't happen to their family. The facts below are taken from ...

Can you believe I did that with my ex?

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

It was two years ago this week that I moved out of my house. Independence day it truly was. My ex was so angry. I've never felt so much hatred. If you've been through a divorce, you know what I mean ... you've either felt that hatred from your ex or felt it yourself towards ...

I’ve Got Fans!

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

I was out at dinner with a good friend of mine for her birthday and she had invited a friend of hers. We made our introductions, I mentioned I was a lawyer, she asked me what kind and I told her. She put two and two together and realized I am the ...