I want you to meet my new best friend! Okay, I love this book AND I love Juju. I first met Juju Hook over the summer and we fell into a very long phone conversation talking about the “brand” of the middle-aged woman. Pretty bleak, no? Juju and I are both midlife…
Terrified and Naked to “OMG, Yes!” If you’ve been listening to my podcast for a while, you may think that I have tackled the self-doubt monster. Yes, I have tackled it, but I can still be found rolling around in the dust with the beast, pulling its hair, getting knocked…
Do you ever wonder if perhaps you were born with a natural talent which you have yet to discover? That if only you had been handed a tennis racket, violin, microphone, paintbrush, unicycle, basketball, or tap shoes as a 4-year-old, your life would be very different now. I remember as a…
Dear CNN, I think we both know it’s over. After 37 years together, I’m leaving you. This shouldn’t come as a complete surprise. You must have noticed that I’ve been avoiding you and, on those rare times when we are together, you must have detected the look of disgust and…
Cher Snares 2017 Billboard Icon Award I remember watching the Sonny and Cher TV show on CBS in 1971. I was 8 years old and in absolute awe of Cher. I would sit cross-legged in front of the television admiring the way she would toss her long silky black hair over…
Give yourself the best Mother’s Day gift of all! Honestly, you can have a good relationship with your mother, really, I’m not pulling your leg. No matter how awful she is. If she’s living or not, nobody can push your buttons like good ol’ Mom. Funny thing is, we may repeat…
One of the few “gifts” that comes from dying as the result of a terminal illness, rather than a sudden and unexpected death, is the perspective of clarity that it brings to your everyday choices. Knowing that your time on this earth is limited, I imagine that everyone would be far…