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Tips to Stay Motivated and Inspired

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January is my favorite time of the year. Good intentions flood my spirit, I crank out glittery vision boards that drip with enthusiasm, and I’m ready to solve everyone’s problems. But then…halfway through the second week of January,…
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Learning to Share in Adulthood

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I’ve never been very good at sharing. Growing up an only child, I didn’t really have to be. I actually have three sisters whom I adore—but technically, they’re half-sisters, from my father’s previous and subsequent marriages. There’s…
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Blue Ivy! Is a Name! Just a Name Hardly?

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What’s in a name? Plenty. Take the recent flap over Jay Z and Beyonce’s bouncing baby girl being named Blue Ivy. Some fans were left wondering why the music power couple would choose a color associated with less than happy feelings and…
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Are Deep, Meaningful Friendships a Thing of the Past?

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Sometimes I wonder if true, deep, and meaningful friendships are of a bygone era. A neighbor of mine called on New Year’s Eve to wish us well. When I asked her plans for the evening, she said she and her husband were having dinner and martinis…
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A Less Than Obvious Choice: My Path to Single Motherhood, Part 2

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Editor’s note: In Part 1, Resa Barillas shared her experience learning about her pregnancy and breaking the news to her parents, with the help of her sister. It took me a little longer to muster up the courage to tell the father, but since…
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Music Makes Us Human

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You don't want to sit there crying like a sap in the middle of a church, but sometimes it just happens. At least, that's what happened to me recently as I watched my ten-year-old son Alexander, a budding drummer and percussionist, perform…
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Flirting with Diabetes

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I make mistakes all the time. Sometimes I still eat the wrong stuff. I'm still overweight. I am clearly a work in progress. The good news? I am progressing, and I want you to come with me. We will make great strides. We will work ourselves…
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How to Get Out of Your Own Way

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Fitness and diet goals are the two most popular—and least successful—of all resolutions, including stopping smoking, finding a soul mate and changing jobs. Psychologist and Gold’s Fitness Institute member Dr. Belisa Vranich tells how…
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When Your Kid Transfers Schools Midyear

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UPDATED August 1st, 2016 Attending a new school is a nerve-wracking experience for most kids. But a mid-year school transfer can be even more traumatic. After all, when you show up as the new kid in the middle of the year, all eyes are…