by Nancy | Nov 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
A few months ago my team and I decided to host a TEDxMurrieta event in Murrieta, CA! It’s been quite an adventure! The TED organization grants a license to a volunteer passionate about bringing the TED experience to the local community. The requirements for...
by Nancy | Nov 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
I once spent hundreds of hours sewing Christmas gifts for all of my family members. A dress for my mother. Holiday table runners for my grown children. It took about three days to mix up, bake and frost about 600 of our family’s favorite Christmas cookie we call...
by Nancy | Nov 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
I recently heard a definition of addiction as any habit that doesn’t support healthy bodies or relationships. Granted, some behaviors/habits are more destructive than others. But the definition is so broad that it includes all of us in one way or another. In effect,...
by Nancy | Oct 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
There’s a skill to giving comfort. Comforting may come naturally if you were raised by parents who comforted. My parents took responsible care of their daughters, but neither were very nurturing by nature or habit. I learned to give comfort by observing when I...
by Nancy | Oct 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Every relationship has times of being together and times of being apart. This is true of most marriages as well as a parent/child relationship. There are times of wanting to be nurtured by closeness and times of needing to pursue individual interests. Leaving and...
by Nancy | Oct 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
How Do Marriage Distortions Block Healthy Marriages? The first damaging distortion of how marriage distortions block healthy marriages may have its origins in fairy tales. Cinderella wins the heart of the Prince, he pursues her, marries her and they live happily ever...
