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• Reconnecting at College Reunions

  

  Celebrating Father’s Day on Sunday, I was thinking about all the men who have played such important roles in my life – my dad, husband, sons, grandsons, close... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• The MoonWalk in Manhattan

  

  Rosemary and I have a very long history. We’ve been friends for 35 years, ever since our husbands coached our sons in basketball. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Father’s Day: My Husband’s Legacy

  

  With Father’s Day this weekend, you may be caught up in buying the perfect gift or planning your family get together. But take time to think about your... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Moving Through Menopause

  

  Life is full of changes. And menopause is just one of theses normal transitions.  You may be in for a bumpy ride, challenged by physical and emotional... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Menopause, Hot Flashes and Brain Fog

  

  Jokes about menopause often get a laugh.  But the truth is, if you’re a woman of a certain age, hot flashes and memory issues aren’t very funny. It’s... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Stretch Your Summer Days – and Nights

  

  Now that summer has unofficially begun, have you been looking for ways to slow down the timer and enjoy each day to its fullest? Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Getting the Most of Summer Days

  

  All through the spring storms, you’ve probably been waiting and waiting for the unofficial start of summer. But now that Memorial Day weekend is over, are you... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Fun Facts About Ladies’ Men

  

  Who sticks out from the pack? Cultural historian Betsy Prioleau, combines history, science, culture, and colorful contemporary research and paints a portrait... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Virtual Book Tour: Swoon

  

  Today we’re delighted to welcome Betsy Prioleau, author of SWOON: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them. Betsy, in Swoon you reveal that ladies’ men adore... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Love and Simple Acts of Kindness

  

  Think about when you and your partner fell in love. That alchemy continues throughout life, and how we treat each other matters. We can change neural functions... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Breast Cancer in the News

  

  Angelina Jolie has often been in the media – she is, after all, half of the Hollywood power couple, Brangelina. But this time the story appeared not in a tabloi... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Can Workplace Stress Ever Be Good?

  

  Just as you were getting comfortable with your lunchtime “ohms” to reduce daily job stress comes word from business school researchers that stress can actually... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Mother’s Day: Nourishing Sandwich Generation Moms

  

  Woman knows what man has long forgotten, that the ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family. Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Stress and Sandwich Generation Moms

  

  Women in the sandwich generation, squeezed between parents growing older and kids growing up, often feel like a trapeze artist on a tightrope. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Our Extended ‘Family’

  

  On Tuesday of this week, I blogged here about how One Fund Boston had raised over $27 million dollars for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Connecting as One

  

  The horror of the Boston Marathon bombings was a shock felt by millions of us. Of course the victims – as well as their families, friends and first responders... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Stress Awareness and the Boston Tragedy

  

  Since 1992, April has been Stress Awareness month, but this year we didn’t need a reminder. On 4/15/13 there was plenty of fear and anxiety after the Boston... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Coping with a Loss

  

  The post on coping with a loss that appeared here earlier this week was written before the terrible bombing at the Boston Marathon. Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Winning and Losing

  

  I was talking with one of my young grandsons recently about a weekend baseball game his team had just played. When I asked if he had fun, he responded, “Well,... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Healing Family Wounds

  

  As a marriage and family therapist, I know there are all kinds of reasons why parents and adult children become distant. The experts used to think that... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS