Women
Women
Let’s take a closer look at articles about (and for) women dealing with addiction or dealing with someone close to them suffering from addiction.
Articles About Women
What Fear Can Teach Us?
Flying back from Munich to San Diego, I came across a German Proverb, “Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” As I contemplated this statement, I realized we all have fears, some of which can be quite imaginative and vocal, which may color the stories we tell...
How do you Deal with Difficult Relationships (Thanks to Adam Brady)
Life is always a series of connections of relationships. Naturally, we want relationships of meaning, of happiness, and of growth. Not all relationships are like that. Most of the time, my team and I deal with folks who have difficult relationships with loved ones....
Part 2: Mental Health and Women – Do Women Need an Intervention?
As a mature woman, I see each day the trials and tribulations that women face as they live their lives with courage, humility, passion, and determination. No one sets out to have a mental illness, yet women are facing a time in history where the stressors of daily...
Part 1: Alcohol and Women — Do Women Need An Intervention?
Even though March was deemed women's month, with the startling statistics, every month must be a focus on women's health. Over the past two and a half years we have all experienced how the pandemic, natural disasters, and political unrest have created a world fraught...
10 Ways to Make Your Time Matter
This morning I read a provoking article by Oliver Bukemen in the daily good that reminded me of our immortality- yours and mine. In his book Four Thousand Weeks, he lets us know that the average lifespan is absurdly terrifying infinite. He says we are lucky to live...
Wise Potato Chips, Liquid Sunshine, a Wedding in the Forest and 75 Years
The sun gods were kind to my cousin Ryan and Martha, who planned their wedding in a forest. Traveling down dirt roads, we marveled at the countryside with little markers to save a tree or two to tell you where to turn till we arrived at a magical glen. Such are the...
Have We Come a Long Way, Baby? Women and Alcohol
When I was growing up, I used to look up to my mother in awe. She was stunning with her hair drawn back in a chignon, dressed in original long, flowing dresses, nails perfectly manicured in a bright red hue. As she sashayed across the room with a whiskey sour in one...
Dating Apps
Online dating apps most likely are here to stay even in a post Covid world. Tips for how to stay safe and avoid the scammers.
Romance Scams
Love is big business during COVID-19. Beware the romance scams, as they are on the rise!
Additional Resources For Women
Falling Up: A Memoir of Renewal
Louise Stanger
Learn To Thrive
Louise Stanger
Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence
Alexandra Katehakis & Tom Bliss
Making Advances
Marnie C. Ferree