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You may be married or in a relationship of your own and your single or newly divorced friend is getting hit on left and right on her internet dating site. She tells you about each man who shows interest and it’s like high school all over again as you both obsess over what she should say in each email, what she should wear, where they should first meet. After all, she’s been out of the dating scene for quite some time. She is hungry for your advice and you eagerly give it out. Sound familiar? (more…)

On a recent trip I watched “He’s Just Not That Into You” on the plane. It’s an entertaining movie with some good knee-slapping scenes and a lot of “oh no he didn’t!” moments. The movie starts off with a scene of a little girl getting knocked over by a boy at a playground. A well meaning parent chides, “It’s okay. He does those things because he likes you,” which sets off the life long challenge of misread signs, dating jerks and tolerating bad behavior. (more…)

There are people around us who are just plain toxic to our health. What can we do when we can’t get them out of our lives? (more…)

Alexandra realized that her longtime friend Nicole was going through a rough patch that she perpetuated through a lack of looking within and doing anything to move forward. She also realized that this rough patch has lasted for their entire friendship. Nicole was usually a pseudo-happy self with all their other friends and complained about everything to Alexandra. (more…)

Penguins are cool!
In Oamaru, New Zealand, I saw the blue penguin. (more…)

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