Circles of Friends
With school just starting and with some of our kids heading off to college, it’s a great time to …
Author Archives: Kathleen Fischer
Transitions: We Are Neither Here nor There
Photo from Unsplash by Marco Lastella If you stop to think about it, adolescence is THE period of life MOST …
It Takes Practice to Feel Confident
Though it was more than forty years ago that I trained as a registered nurse, I will NEVER forget …
A Perverse Measure of LOVE?
SOOOO many moms of teen girls lament the friction between them and their daughters especially when previously their relationship may …
The Year YOU WANT, 2019
There’s NOTHING magic about it. . . or IS there? It doesn’t matter which expert you read or which self-help …
Words to Say to Darkness (which so often follows the holidays)
A wisdom story tells of an elder who teaches a young girl that inside of us all are two …
The BEST Family Idea in a LONG Time Just in Time for Thanksgiving!
In research done on kids and resilience, that is, the ability to overcome difficulty, researchers discovered an odd connection: Kids …
Beyond the Supreme Court Hearings: There’s An Important “Third Thing” Here
The hearings for Supreme Court justice have offered more “third things” than I can count. (In case you missed my …
Some Things Have Changed But BALANCE Remains the Key
Maybe you remember teaching your kid to ride a bike. Many of us began with training wheels. The little guy …
Mrs. Mohrs . . . in honor of a fresh school year
We all had one like her: she wore a little too much perfume, strong perfume; her cheeks were a little …
