Firstly, let me be utterly clear that I am NOT advocating for or suggesting that anyone ignore their City’s or State’s official orders to stay home, or to stay home apart from for certain activities. We are in the depths of a global health...
Read moreThe New Year Comedown
January 1st. You can still get away with wishing complete strangers you pass on the street, a happy new year. Perhaps you even can for a few more days. And you can still feel a flash of the festive feelings that you enjoy. But do you feel...
Read moreOpposing Equal Rights for Men and Women?!
Opposing Equal Rights for Men and Women is opposing Human Rights. Why would two human beings who are equally qualified, equally educated and equally proficient, capable and ‘successful’, (as equal as we can quantify), receive a different...
Read moreVictim Blaming in the case of Domestic Violence
The perpetrator of Domestic Violence, the abuser, is to blame. Yet some people blame the victim of Domestic Violence too! “She knew what type of man she was getting into a relationship with!” “She could leave!” “How could she put her children...
Read moreIs Infidelity a Form of Abuse?
Infidelity is not generally referred to as abuse, or even thought of as such. But I would propose that it is. “According to the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, the definition of abuse is the following: Abuse is defined as any action that...
Read moreFebruary. Month of Romance? Or Month of Betrayal?
For some women, February means extra romance. Flowers, chocolates, perfume. For others it also means flowers, chocolates and perfume. But in a very different way! For the latter group of women, the flowers, the chocolates, the perfume...
Read moreNo Valentine’s Day
Don’t want to read? Listen to the blog post: Valentine’s Day 2018 is almost here. You’ve seen the huge section of shelves, dedicated to beautiful, sentimental, soppy, sweet Valentine’s Day cards, next to the smaller section of St...
Read moreWhy Start Preparing For Christmas In October?
Why indeed?! I’ve been asking myself, “Why are so many people, adults – well, it seems so many – eager, so eager, to begin thinking and dreaming about Christmas as early as October?” If October 1st is when this “magical thinking” starts, then...
Read moreBeing Different
Do you have to follow the norm? Do you want to follow the norm? I’m not talking about being a rebel for the sake of being a rebel. But being different from the norm, because you ARE different. Some people are/were bullied for being different. ...
Read moreWho are you? Really.
Who are you? At your core. How are you? I mean: What are you like? When you are being “yourself”. What makes you tick, stirs you, fulfills you? What do you like to do? What do you immensely enjoy doing? What makes your heart sing? What...
Read moreThe Egotistical World of Selfies
Oh my gosh! It used to be a rare thing that I would stop on the sidewalk in order to let a couple of tourists take their photo of a famous sight, or if there was room, make my way behind them, so as to not obstruct their photograph. Nowadays...
Read moreGreat Intentions for the New Year!
You had such great intentions! This year you would do this, and that, and this … We are three weeks into January. “I’ve failed!” you say to yourself, disgusted. Because you started 2017 with a list of new year’s resolutions and you have...
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