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Category Archives: Relationships
Taking One For The Team
There’s a new guy in my life. We started living together 2 weeks ago attempting to get used to each other day by day. We’re really quite different. He’s happy and giddy every morning, me, maybe two out of seven. … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships, Self
5,292 Comments
Vulnerability can be beautiful. Or so they say.
O.K. January was clearly not my month. My mom was in the hospital in NYC, tons of deadlines and 3 nasty vertigo attacks from Menieres that rattled me to the core. One even ended with me in emergency, however, it … Continue reading
Getting rid of a friend, could you do it?
Reading the New York Times on Sunday, I came across the article, It’s not me, it’s you, written by Alex Williams. Williams explores what I think is a very interesting topic, the delicate task of ending friendships, particularly female friendships. … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships, Topics, Wellness
Tagged alex williams, friendships, laura cartensen
4,089 Comments
Do you know what month it is?
I do. January is National Mentoring Month. Created in 2002 by the Harvard School of Public Health and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, National Mentoring Month focuses national attention on the need for mentors, as well as how each of us—individuals, … Continue reading
Lessons from Mom
When you're five, she's a goddess. You smear your face with her lipstick and model her earrings and high heels, wanting to be just like mommy. That's the way it is until you're about thirteen, when she suddenly becomes the … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Relationships, Self, Topics, Wellness
Tagged dorothy rodham, hillary clinton, mother-daughter
17,732 Comments
More on Marriage
Ahhhh…. Marriage. In my last few posts I started to touch on the subject. The subject is massive and I often debate as to how to include it in a valuable way on Blooming Betty. No doubt it should be … Continue reading
Stand By Your Man, or Not?
In the tawdry world of rich and powerful men who fall from grace, perhaps no image is more gripping than the long-suffering wife, standing by a fallen husband despite his public mea culpa. Think Bill Clinton, Bernie Madoff, Elliott Spitzer, … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged Anthony Weiner, Juliana Margulies, marriage, Susan Piver, The Arnold, The Good WIfe, Tiger Woods
4,500 Comments
Is home really where the heart is?
The plane takes off, the seat belt light goes on and as usual, everyone starts to relax and enjoy their flight. Me, I feel the usual pit in my stomach and baby sized tears swell in the corner of my … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships, Self, Uncategorized
Tagged family, new york, success, transplant, vision of success
3,240 Comments
Oh what a night …
I am not going to sugar coat, last week's column was really difficult and emotional to write. It talked candidly about the negativity and hurt I was struggling with as the co-chair of the parents association of my children’s school and … Continue reading
Let our conversations begin …
Last week I wrote about both the Quarter Life Crisis and the Mid-Life Crisis. While they are both real and recognized as transition periods in a our lives, I feel strongly that for most women, life is a continuous passage. … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Relationships, Self, Wellness
Tagged curls and coffee, Meg Watkins, mid life crisis, quarter life crisis
2,621 Comments