How to Maintain Your Handle on Community in an Increasingly Modern World
Growing up in the 60s in a small, provincial town in Northern Italy, I had no reason to seek out and define the concept of community. It...
Embracing Quiet for a Better Life
I’m sure you know her: The nervous woman who can’t sit still or tolerate silence. She blasts music when she drives. She turns on the...
The Price We Pay For Perfection: 5 Ways to Let Go of Unrealistic Goals
Like many baby boomers, I spent a large part of my life striving for perfection. I was determined to be a consummate professional, a...
Our Obsession with Beauty and How to Unchain Ourselves from Perpetuating Unattainable Ideals
Several years ago, I read Naomi Wolf’s groundbreaking book, The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women. It’s a...
Behind the Masks of Emotionally Distant Men and How to Deal with Them, Grace Intact
As an Italian-American woman who has lived in several international locations, I’ve accepted that American men are much more emotionally...
Motherhood in Motion: 3 Ways to Remember Your Own Needs While Caring for Your Family
A major part of a writer’s job—as well as a mother’s—is eavesdropping. If we didn’t overhear conversations, from the mundane to the...
