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Body in Motion, The Spirit Soars
My past two posts have dealt with eating disorders in women over forty. Well, here comes a refreshing change of pace … The joy of a body is in what it can do. That is why humans began dancing in the...
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Taking Time to Relish the Moment
A proud moment; Zoe’s 5th Grade GraduationSometimes the best moments in parenting come when you’re not actively parenting at all. I was sitting by the pool, reading Wild,the best-selling memoir by...
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Why am I sad? Anxiety in Disguise
I’d been encouraging my normally chipper eleven year old daughter to consider getting a new dresser, a bigger one where we wouldn’t have to annex pajamas to a shelf in her closet. I’d shown her some...
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Kim Kardashian’s Armpits, and other things My Daughter Doesn’t need to Read...
This is a short one—more of a vent than anything else. Let me say for the record that I do not care about Kim Kardashian’s weight gain (See the In Touch article entitled something like: I’ll Never be...
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To All the Waiting Mothers
I know it’s been ages since I’ve blogged. I’m not even going to look at the date of my last post. In any case, I’ve had a much needed hiatus, during which I’ve been building my private practice,...
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Guest Post: Stella Padnos-Shea, “You in Our Bed”
Though I am not a frequent a blogger these days, I continue to be amazed at the power of the blogosphere. Some months back, I reconnected with a former colleague, Stella Padnos-Shea, a published poet...
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Mother’s Day Postscript: Four Tweaks to help you Enjoy Your Teenage Daughter
With my daughter in Brooklyn, some years back Close your eyes and picture that sweet, little bundle of a girl you had twelve, thirteen, fifteen years ago—that tiny little thing you used to hold, oh, so...
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Published on Mamalode!
I am honored to say I’ve been published on Mamalode, the top-rated online magazine dedicated to the stories of mothers. My article is a slightly updated version of a post that appeared several years...
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For My Mother From Their Mother on Our Day
Like most of us, I am thinking of my mother today, feeling so fortunate to be her daughter and so incredibly blessed to have her around as my children fly through their teenage years. I am grateful for...
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On A Motherless Mother’s Day, Remembering to Heal and to Laugh
You wanted to know how I am—meaning since my loss, since my mother died. I say, “doing okay,” because sometimes I am okay. Sometimes I forget, and life feels normal. I say, “You know, it comes in...
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