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May 6, 2013 |

How being centered leads to a successful marriage.

Hmm, that statement makes one ponder!  As I wrote in my last blog, I attended The Couples Conference in Manhattan Beach in April.  I, also, expressed to you my excitement to once, again, hear from Bill OHanlon.  As I sat there listening to a...

April 23, 2013 |

Couples Conference in California

My friends are wishing me safe travels as my husband and I head to the West Coast  They say, “visiting your kids”?  I tell them this is a part of the reason for my trip.  In January I received information on a Couples Conference for...

April 2, 2013 |

My Parents’ Marriage

My parents’ marriage does not look like my marriage or that of most of my friends.  Not just because they have been together 70 year (wow, a lot of togetherness), but a difference in the makeup of their union versus that of my peers and me.  You...

September 19, 2012 |

Surviving a dual retired marriage

Watching the attractive silver haired smiling couples on television- retirees- embrace the joy of their leisurely life style, who would suggest, unhappiness, discontent, possible divorce might be in their future?  We work with the anticipation of...

July 14, 2012 |

One quality leads to a successful second marriage -

I read this headline on Yahoo news this week. Quickly I began scanning down the column to find out what was necessary for a successful marriage- and, to assure myself that whatever it was, “I had it”! If I were taking a poll among other...

March 6, 2012 |

cradle list vs bucket list

Recently at a social gathering, I reconnected with a former colleague. Three years earlier, my husband and I had been guests at her son’s wedding. It had been a top of the line affair, nothing left to chance, every detail covered. My friend...

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