Sepideh wrote an article about a visit to ForFriends Inn, located in the Santa Ynez valley. Her article is featured on the ForFriends Inn blog, and will also be posted on the Bed & Breakfast Magazine site. Visit the ForFriends Inn blog to read the article.
Over the past decades, we have done a great job in raising young girls with positive messages about women empowerment. While that is great and we need to continue our efforts to raise strong and independent women, there is a large group that we (as a society) have left behind. There is a great article/episode that my friend Marie [...]
Finding one’s fit in society is so critical to success and overall health. When I think of where I am today, I know it is because of the many individuals who helped me along the way. For me, it began at home, growing up with the most amazing grandparents, parents and my five older [...]
Getting older sucks, it really does but not for the obvious reasons. While grey hair, lines and wrinkles, changes in our skin, hair, memory, vision and hearing are not pleasant and not something we want to talk about or bring focus and attention to, what really sucks is something far greater. It is losing [...]
Humans were not created to live alone. If you look at earliest societies, they lived in tribes and communities. Within the tribe, there was a leader/elder that served as a modern-day counselor/coach/therapist/legal counsel and judge. The elder solved problems and settled disputes. Each tribe honored the rules and regulation and respected the boundaries between [...]
I was printing a report and when I didn’t hear the printer’s sound of printing, I took a quick look and saw a little blinking light. Assuming it needed paper, I opened the tray and saw that it had paper, so I called my tech guru and my husband who is my lifeline who [...]
So many times, in my coaching career and in my conversations with my friends I have heard phrases like: “Why can’t she/he just get over it” “He/she should be stronger” “It’s not that big of a deal” I can’t tell you how much it hurts me to hear those phrases. Feelings are not light switches that are easily turned on and off. [...]
One of the most valuable lessons I have learned from my husband and business partner is to maintain calm regardless of the nature of a challenging situation. Let’s face it, our world is full of surprises and things don’t always go according to plan. Having gone through a move (both home and office) these past few weeks, things didn’t do according to [...]
Have you ever wondered how some people move through life’s transitions with flying colors while others struggle to move forward? Transitions are accompanied with change and change my dear audience is not very pleasant, change take us out of our comfort zone and into a land of unknown. Let me tell you a story, story of a [...]
Hello Ladies. I hope you have all began the day on a lovely note. Today’s topic is love and how it relates to Valentine’s Day. When it comes to love and relationships, particularly when you are a mother, things get complicated. Lets’ take a little journey down memory lane, while it may be a [...]
