When talking about female friendships, it seems imperative to address why women bully other women. When I write about my husband, Sheldon Good, I typically mention he is my best friend. He’s also my best girlfriend. While it may sound strange to call my very masculine husband my best girlfriend, I think I am savvy […]
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*Affiliate Disclosure When it comes to the rules of conversation, all of us, darlings, have had a myriad of discussions, playing on all of our emotions. Conversation is what makes and breaks relationships. Though we are women over 50, we can continue to learn the rules of good conversation. I could write a book filled
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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ~Albert Einstein In my cancer journey, miracles showed themselves every step of the way. Large and small, some of more significance than others. But all amazing, leading me to heartfelt gratitude
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“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” ~Carl Jung “Should I move back?” was the question I asked myself. It was 2018, and I had moved to Berlin eight months prior. And everything had gone wrong. So wrong. I moved here for a relationship, but that relationship ended. I also moved for different work
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If you’re like me, you’ve probably accumulated a lot of unnecessary items in your house. The yoga ball and hand weights you vowed to use daily sit in the corner collecting dust, the workbench your husband received as a gift five years ago remains unopened in its original box, not to mention all the clothes
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Twenty-somethings face a complicated financial picture. Many members of Generation Z are graduating college and entering a decade of independence in an era with factors stacked against them. Soaring food prices: grocery prices have increased by 25% over the past four years. A turbulent housing market: 2023 was the most expensive home-buying year in a
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