We all need boundaries. We all need to feel safe in our spaces. So we set the stage. Organize the cast. Review everyone's role. ...

There are few things I despise more than liars. The only thing that could potentially top it? Murderers. Yet both share something eerily...

How many chances does someone deserve? How many times can we be shown the truth before we believe it? When will we believe our gut? How...

We are all hoarders. It just depends on what we stockpile. For some, perhaps, objects. Others, emotions. Habits. Behavior. The list goes...

If I am going to be tricked, I would rather it be by the devil I know. Than the one I don't. I would rather readjust my crown and look...

After many, far too many, years of putting myself last, I am ready to stand up for what I deserve. And with that, means learning to say...

With my first child I read every baby book I could get my hands on. From Dr. Spock to What to Expect When You're Expecting. Yet I can...

Grief is tricky. It's not linear. It is quite possibly the most crooked line ever. It has no expiration date. In fact it never leaves. It...

There are few things more difficult in life, than to see someone you love flounder, decline, and become a shell of themselves. To see...

Whenever my father had a recording session, he always tried to include me if he could. Even if it just meant making my way to the studio...

I grew up in smoky NYC jazz clubs. The Jazz Standard, The Bluenote. Birdland. These clubs were dark, mysterious and reeked of sexiness....

As I entered my local grocery store this morning, I became giddy. Why? They had all new shopping carts. Yes, this is what gets me excited...

As I put my oldest on the bus this morning for his first day of middle school, my heart ached. We had hugged prior so as to not mortify...

I am bewildered and confused by these past few months, and how, in general, this past year has played out. I am hurt. I am in awe....

Surprisingly I had never seen this movie, until today. It tells the story of an idyllic couple who after many years of marriage call it...

Sometimes we cant save someone. As much as we want to. Need to. We can't. Sometimes people are their own worst enemies. Sometimes people...

Sometimes when we have endured extreme stress at the hands of another, we develop a trauma bond. A relationship of the most unhealthy...

The other day I went to a medium. I have seen this woman before, and she is amazing. With everything that has been going on with me as of...

My Mother taught me an abundance of things. One, was that she might as well have been a kamikaze driver. She was the only woman I have...

We are all the product of our families. Some more damaged than others. Some way more dysfunctional than we would ever believe. Or even...