Women and Life

Honest review of LIIFT MORE Beachbody at-home workout program with Joel Freeman: fitness results, equipment (weightlifting bench), and exercise problems.

Learn how to stop drinking alcohol, along with benefits and reasons why it’s worthwhile, explained in a step by step list of practical advice that works.

VERY honest review of “Fire and Flow” Beachbody on Demand workout program with Jericho McMatthews and Elise Joan: Fitness results + home exercise equipment.

Divorce stories and articles to help ease difficult times with practical, loving guides to emotions, logistics, and marriage separation when kids are involved.

A full template script for how to tell kids about divorce or separation, created with the help of a couples therapist and positive child development specialist.

This simple financial lesson can help married people avoid credit card problems upon separation or divorce: being issued cards in your name vs. Authorized User.

Learn what to say to someone getting a divorce, and what NOT to say about divorcing, and going through all that goes with it, for friends, acquaintances, etc.

Looking for the best Beachbody workout for beginners? This VERY honest chart explains which BOD exercise programs will bring fitness — and which kind of stink.

Honest review of an affordable personal writing retreat (also for artists) with 3 meals a day and lodging included at the Highlights Foundation in Pennsylvania.

Reflections on why I’m going on a leave of absence from teaching after 18 years, and what’s next in terms of my career, healing, writing, and rebooting.