Creative Success Depends on Long View
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In this podcast, we feature author Taylor Marsh, who [read more]
Podcast: Your Network is Your Net Worth
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Today, we’d like to welcome Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew, Cultural Currency Expert and Author with her latest book Fly Away, to the show.
Your Network Is Your Net Worth
What is social capital and why is it important? [...]
Podcast: Parenting Through the Eyes of Lollipops
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Our guest today is Jacqueline Pirtle, a bestselling author and speaker. Jacqueline is a Healing Arts Consultant, Holistic Practitioner and owner of Freaky Healer. Today we’re talking about her book, Parenting Through [...]
A Holiday Tip: Home Is Where Civility Is…
The holidays can be a fun loving time and a chance to create some beautiful new memories.
In contrast, the holidays can be a stressed filled season reminiscent of arguments from the ghosts of Christmas past. MSN Travel reports that over 100 [...]
Summer Time- Civil Time?
Summer Time- Civil Time?
Ever wonder why your kid is a bully OR how your kid is the one who is the target? Sorry to say, parents should look in the mirror. The first messages and lessons come from parents. Children look to parents to know [...]
Podcast: Helping Teens Lead Lives They Love
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Podcast: Helping Teens Lead Lives They LoveHenna Hundal is an impassioned youth empowerment advocate, silence-breaker, and game changer. She is the lead host of Express Yourself! Teen Radio, the top-rated program on the VoiceAmerica [...]
Podcast: Highly Sensitive Kids
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Maureen Healy is the award-winning author of Growing Happy Kids, The Energetic Keys to Indigo Kids and the upcoming book, Highly Sensitive Kids. Currently, she works with parents and their highly sensitive kids globally to help [...]
Family Matters: When The Kids Opt Out Of Xmas
The eyes dim as we get older, but our vision is in some ways stronger, for all that experience helps us see what’s coming, right?
Not always.
How about when the kids decide they want to opt out of the holidays? Too much stress, they say. Too [...]
Saying “Happy Birthday” To An Ex-Father
For ten years, I enjoyed membership in a large Italian family, and they excelled in festive reunions, dramatic gestures, abundant food and drink, and naming several people Michael.
After I canceled my membership by divorcing one of the Michaels, [...]
Daddy’s Baby Girl
Being born on Father’s Day, 1950, somehow immediately made me “Daddy’s Baby Girl!”
I lived up to that for twelve years; then came my terrible teens! I wish I could take back those rebellious years, for I would never have chosen to be [...]
Planting A Garden In Your Mind
In America today, you notice an endless stream of teens, college kids and employees looking down into their Smart phones.
At bars, women line the dance floor with a white light shining up into their faces from their phones as they stare into [...]
Navigating The Awkward Side of Parenting
It’s time for the talk.
Julia Sweeney’s excellent TED conversation “It’s Time For The Talk” is a very humorous account of a situation that practically all parents find themselves in at one time or another. And I’ve got to say [...]
Holiday Family Drama, Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Got Family Holiday Drama?
Some families suffer from it around the holidays whether it is old family baggage or a cramped house with company during the holidays. It’s much easier said than done for everyone to “just get along.” But, this [...]
How Do You Define Being Grown Up?
I recently talked to a guy I hadn’t seen in almost two years who told me that he had gotten married in that time and was now expecting a baby.
Well, his wife was actually the one carrying the fetus; this isn’t Junior after all. What got [...]
The Midlife Sage: My Grandkid Has More Chromosomes Than Yours
In January of 2009, a woman in California gave birth to eight children, giving her a total of 14 healthy kids.
She was single, unemployed, living with her parents, and later she received income by filming a pornographic video and taking welfare.
The [...]
The Midlife Sage: My 50-Pound Speed Bump
Do you run out of the door while texting and juggling a loaded alligator bag the size of a real alligator?
Do you leave on a relaxing vacation and take a laptop computer, an IPad, and a cell phone and all the necessary electronic chargers that [...]
Podcast: Fall Fun For The Whole Family!
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Pamela McMurtry is the author of A Harvest and Halloween Handbook and event maven! From organizing to décor to food, Pam does it all!
Fall Fun For The Whole Family!
What are your favorite ways to celebrate fall with family [...]
Resolving The Question Of Whether Or Not To Have Children
For some couples, the decision to have children is something that is discussed long before marriage.
In some cases, I am told, on the first or second date! But for many couples, deciding whether or not to have children can be one of their [...]
Is There Ever A Right Time To Have Children?
People are becoming parents much later these days.
There are many factors that contribute, especially career and financial concerns, but having spoken to many of my clients that are considering children, they are rarely on the fence—they either [...]
Fueling The GPS
We in the world of ADHD professionals talk often about the importance of an early diagnosis so that treatment can begin and allow strategy development for impairments to success.
That makes sense. Knowing the diagnosis allows the child to [...]
Podcast: What You Need To Know BEFORE Becoming a Stepdad
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Family Dynamic Expert, Stacey James Wheeler, is a stepdad turned international-selling author and in this podcast, he reveals what you need to know to be a successful Stepdad.
Stacey’s first book, The Stepdad’s Guide- Resolving [...]
The Midlife Sage: You Can Enjoy A Family Vacation Without Drama Or Lawsuits
I recently joined my adult children and their families on a wonderful trip to the Oregon Coast.
This is a remarkable achievement for me because I have two brothers within a day’s drive of my home and we would rather eat rancid snot than [...]
Podcast: Effective Communication For Autism Families
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Martha Gabler is the author of the upcoming book, Chaos to Calm: Discovering Solutions to the Everyday Problems of Living with Autism
In this podcast, Martha discusses an effective communication method that families living [...]
Podcast: What Every Business Mom Needs To Know To Survive
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Debra Kasowski is a thought leader, transformational speaker, and well respected business strategist and coach who just released her latest book The Entrepreneurial Mom’s Guide to Growing a Business, Raising a Family, and [...]
Do Not Let Your Friends Pressure You Into Getting Married
I have many friends who pressure me to get into a relationship and to get married right away.
I believe that getting married because your friends and relatives get on your case is a big mistake. Here are six tips on how I deal with my friends [...]
The Icon Of Positivity
I recently attended the graduation at my son’s school in Conshocken, Pa.
It is called AIM Academy and is a school for learning differences. Although my son was not graduating, I went to hear Dr. Ned Hallowell, a child psychiatrist and expert [...]
The Parental Balancing Act
I recently read an editorial in Philadelphia Magazine about parents demanding too little from their children.*
The author opined “we have caved in to the foolish idea that being a good parent means being nice to our children, and making their [...]
Don’t Get Stuck In The Gifted Parent Box
I recently told a little boy in my daughter’s second grade art class to think outside the box as he struggled with a project.
He told me with all seriousness his mommy told him he always had to stay inside his box ESPECIALLY during art.
I [...]
The Midlife Sage Says Public Breastfeeding Can Be Expressed In Good Taste
I recently attended an elegant wedding at a seaside resort where the gift table and the guests were well-endowed.
However, there was some engorged indignation at the reception as two perky women nursed their babies without discreetly covering [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Survive A Sleepover Without Needing A Manual Or Medication
When my charming granddaughter Sweetie Pie is finished with her meal, she throws the dishes and leftover food from her high chair tray onto the floor.
She then proceeds to cross her arms, and smile at me. I tried this once in a restaurant and [...]
Commitment At Birth
We parents, bring our kids into this world to love, protect, clothe, feed, guide, and teach them.
We who have kids with ADHD quickly learn another verb that must be added: Advocate! We know our kid better than the world. We know how his impairments [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Fight Tragedy With Tenacity
Twenty years ago an uninsured punk ran a stop sign and crashed into me as I cheerfully drove up 5 Mile Road in my new car.
I regained consciousness in the hospital and had broken bones, multiple contusions, and a damaged occipital nerve that [...]
How I Balance My Family, Job & Daily Stresses
I have a full time job and family responsibilities in addition to being an author.
Doing all of these tasks sometimes makes me very stressed and anxious. Here are a few techniques I use to take care of my family and career without getting [...]
SAFETY: Keeping Kids Safe In An Unsafe World
Police tell us that public safety is their top priority.
However, many police departments are cutting back due to budget cuts. This is a wake up call that we all need to be better informed on how to keep our families safe.
Most Americans have [...]
Don’t Throw Mama From The Train & Other Holiday Survival Tips
The holiday season is upon us and the craziness has just begun.
There’s a ways to go before we hit the New Year running. Why not sit back and enjoy the show this year?
JenningsWire queried lots of experts for their Holiday survival [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Share Some Time, Beer and/or Pie with Your Mother-in-law
Unless your mother-in-law is a convicted felon or a pole dancer at the Kit Kat Klub, you should try and spend quality one-on-one time with her.
After all, she raised the person you married. If she lives far away, keep in contact with letters, [...]
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