by Tamara Mendelson | Sep 18, 2017 | Blog
I am not saying that wallowing isn’t allowed. A certain period of mourning is expected and even healthy as the loss you are feeling is great. But moving on without dealing with your feelings can backfire months or years down the line. Be responsible for you and your...
by Tamara Mendelson | Sep 4, 2017 | Blog
It’s been a tough week for humanity. People losing their lives or livelihoods or whole neighborhoods and everything they have worked for their whole lives. It seems like half the world is flooded and the other half is parched. And we sensitive beings can only watch in...
by Tamara Mendelson | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog
Is joy your singular motivation? An angry bitter life is a choice. What will you choose? I have spent most of the month of August travelling. And yes, for those of you who have followed me, that was after my son’s surgery and a postponed move from a house to an...
by Tamara Mendelson | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog
How long can you hold on to keeping score? How long can you stay mad? An hour, a day, or a year? A decade? Where does it get you? Everyone has had their feelings hurt by an unsympathetic comment. An insult by a rude co-worker, a thoughtless remark by a family member...
by Tamara Mendelson | Jul 24, 2017 | Blog
Last week, I finally moved. I’m only about 1.2 miles due north of the last place I lived. I’m down to five boxes or six boxes left to unpack. I have had tremendous help both paid and unpaid. I am bruised and scraped and haven’t really slept well in my new place yet....