When Jonesing for Sugar Teaches You the Secret to Life
August 6, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Sometimes I find myself staring into the depths of a pint of Cherry Garcia at eleven o’clock at night, wondering where all the ice cream went and when I started eating it. But for all the angst a gal can feel when her spoon scrapes the bottom of the carton, it was the cookie dough ice cream that taught me the secret of life. The first thing my wildly spiraling sugar cravings taught me is… Read More >
6 Techniques to Turn Disasters into Diamonds
March 20, 2012
By Guest Blogger
I was widowed at 27. I had a 1-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son. And I hadn’t worked a day in my life. My finances were a complete disaster, and I suffered from depression, too. Yet, through it all, I vowed that my burdens would not become my children’s, and thankfully I succeeded beyond my expectations. And you can succeed too, if you consider the following six gems I learned over the past 11 years:… Read More >
What Motherhood Taught Me About the Rest of Life
May 30, 2011
By Guest Blogger
By Lisa Catherine Harper It’s one of the pressing questions of family life: Does having children make you happier? Recently, I’ve seen studies that evaluate the relationship between a mother’s happiness and any number of factors: the number of children, the children’s age, their gender, their birth order. (Apparently parents of two girls are the happiest; parents of four girls are the least happy.) There’s even a study that measures a couple’s happiness relative to… Read More >
Five Lessons Tragedy Taught Me About Living
March 28, 2011
By Guest Blogger
On July 7, 2005, I stood on the crowded Piccadilly Line tube on my way to work in London. I never got to work. Minutes after leaving King’s Cross station, a bomb went off in the carriage next to where I stood, killing 26 people and injuring countless others. I ended up with claustrophobia, the lungs of a smoker and an overwhelming fear of being caught in a situation I had so little control over.… Read More >
5 Things I Learned About Yoga from the Pros
June 30, 2010
By Guest Blogger
Photo Credit: evanbdudley By Jason Wachob I’m not a yoga pro or a yogi. In fact, I’m not even your typical yoga person. First of all, I’m a dude. I’m tall – 6’7″ to be exact. Yes, is the answer to your next question: I played basketball. I played for four years in college at Columbia, in New York City. I also was a trader on Wall Street for years. But enough about me, you… Read More >
