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July 5, 2021

God Bless Me and America

After the trauma of separation and divorce, I’ve slowly found peace and happiness as a single mom. As I mentioned a year ago, which still holds true today, this was no easy feat that required intense therapy, prayer and meditation….

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April 3, 2020

Love in the Time of Corona

Well, we are one quarter in, and 2020 has turned out to be quite the year so far. Not what anyone had anticipated. Or as someone posted: this wasn’t on my vision board! At the start of the year, I…

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January 7, 2020

How to Change the World in 2020

Reflecting on the last decade, I got married, had two miscarriages, birthed and raised a healthy baby, moved from San Francisco to my hometown, traveled internationally to China, Italy, Honduras, England, France and Mexico, bought a duplex in San Francisco,…

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July 25, 2019

What to Know About the Lair of the Golden Bear

The Lair of the Golden Bear is UC Berkeley’s family camp located in Pinecrest, CA, which is between Tahoe and Yosemite, and a 3-hour drive from San Francisco. Note that you don’t have to be a Cal alum to camp….

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May 10, 2019

Reconnect: University of Chicago Booth School of Business 15-Year Reunion

I moved away from the San Francisco Bay Area for the first and only time when I was 27. It was a year after 9/11. I got my first cell phone and to this day, I have retained my Chicago…

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March 13, 2019

The Reality of the College Admissions Scandal

I want to comment on yesterday’s headlines around celebrities and wealthy parents being implicated on a scandal to get their children into elite universities. These celebrities include Lori Loughlin who starred as Aunt Becky in the television show Full House…

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February 3, 2019

What I Learned from a Weight Loss Challenge

For the month of January, Dean and I participated in a weight loss challenge with other couples in our town. Entry was $40 with a winner for men, women and couple splitting the pot based on percentage weight loss. As…

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January 10, 2019

Last Year Was My Best Year Ever

Last year was my best year ever. In fact, I bought a book called “Your Best Year Ever: A 5 Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals” by Michael Hyatt. It’s full of action plans, check boxes and templates….

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January 2, 2019

My Favorite Books of 2018 and Why They Matter

I read 13 books this year, which is on-pace with what I did last year. There were a handful of books I couldn’t finish including “The Perfect Nanny” which took France’s top literary prize. Not sure how that happened! Speaking…

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November 5, 2018

The Most Important Midterm Election in American History

For this midterm election, I wrote and I wrote and I wrote. Through Postcards to Voters, I mailed handwritten postcards to Democratic voters in swing races. I’m not a registered Democrat; I’m an Independent. However, the current Republican administration does…

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Welcome to my site, derived from an advice column I wrote while getting my MBA. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I give helpful, opinionated advice based on my own experience and from the expertise of my extensive network. For more, click here.

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