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Going Back to Spring Forward

Going Back to Spring Forward

I recently spent the weekend in Chicago visiting a dear college friend. We headed back to Beloit College and spent a beautiful spring day walking around the gorgeous campus. I haven't been back since I graduated 31 years ago. Not out of protest - more out of indifference. For the

Pegnataro's

A dessert love story. Although I wasn’t totally aware at the time, I didn’t get a lot of one-on-one time with my father as a child. He worked a lot. And I was one of five kids. My mother was great at making his presence felt even when

The Last Time

The Last Time

There have been moments in my life where I did something for the last time without realizing I’d never do it again. Some I am glad to look back on and be done with (like the last time I changed a diaper). Some, not so much - like the

What do you do?

What do you do?

Years ago, I was at a wedding where I was seated next to a man I didn’t know during the dinner. I felt nervous and out of sorts - I didn't know anyone seated near me and they all appeared sophisticated and accomplished. I was intimidated. So I turned

Mind and Body

Mind and Body

"Where do you feel this in your body? " When I first started out as a coach, I was terrified of this kind of question. Asking this kind of question felt too squishy, too “woo-woo” for me. I’d have to be a life coach living in California to ask this

Fun

Fun

I was in my favorite city in the world yesterday. It was sunny, 80 degrees and gorgeous. Daffodils and tulips were in bloom everywhere. I was hot, sweaty and tired. So I bought a pint of Dulce de Leche ice cream and found a chair in Bryant Park. Like a

Old Habits Die Hard

Old Habits Die Hard

About a year ago, I started working with a personal trainer at a local gym. I felt desperate to regain the strength and mobility I had lost during the pandemic, so I found a place that could take me in and I worked with this guy twice a week for