When you grow up conditionally loved (If you get good grades, we will love you. If you help wash the dishes, we will love you more. If you marry someone from another religion, we will disown you), you have an adult fantasy. The shape of the fantasy is the same no matter the varying conditions…

One guy I dated has a common name like mine. Actually, his exact name is not that common, but there are lots of derivatives of it. So, I see these derivatives everywhere: in books, in movies, on storefront signs, and on social media. Some months I see the derivatives frequently. Correction: I notice the derivatives…

One of my clients, a powerful, creative, beautiful, empathetic, and accomplished woman in her 40s, recently told me that she would never ever give her power away to a man. I agreed, because in my 40s, I would never again do that either. As a coach, my job is also to help each client find…