January - February 2010 | Through the Looking Glass
Let’s face it. No matter how much progress we make, we’re still going to have “bad days.”
You know the ones. When the old critical voices are milling about drinking martinis and eating crab puffs in your head. You try to send them all away with your favorite powerful affirmation, but only a few of them […]
You’ve heard it.
I’ve heard it.
Sometimes we even joke about it because it’s so common.
I’m talking about the snarky voice in your head that mouths off whenever you think about being a little bolder, a little decadent, or more self-nurturing.
It’s the voice that says, “Who do you think you are?”
I’m embarrassed to admit this, but mine […]
Office parties. Family gatherings. Neighborhood open-houses. Like it or not, holiday time is party time!
Since the season is here, I want to introduce you to a concept that might just make your holidays a little more enlightened:
Nervous Food.
Nervous Food is my name for any edible thing we shove into our mouths when we’re in social […]
Gratitude is more than being thankful one day a year. Gratitude is a practice. For some, it’s a way of life.
Why do some people swear by the practice of gratitude? Why do these people have joy-filled and abundant lives?
In other words, why does gratitude make you happy and wealthy?
Because gratitude is about presence.
It’s about waking […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—or is it? While the holidays can be full of excitement and anticipation, they can also stress you out. Even the calmest of person may go into hysterics when they think of the money they’ll spend, the food they have to cook, or all of the entertaining they […]
The theme of harmony is enticing, and filled with hope. When asked to write this blog, I thought about how so often women aren’t in harmony. This applies to women of all ages; they describe themselves as being pressured- both by the culture and internally, to appear a certain way. […]
It was the spring of 1997 and I was treating one of my dearest friends and colleague, after hours in my clinic after a long day of seeing very complicated orthopedic medicine and chronic pain patients. Ron was a 57 year old psychologist who was scheduled the following morning to have a thoracotomy performed […]
Prayers for Sale, like other books of mine, deals with redemption. I’d never thought much about that until you asked me to write about “lost and found.” Lost and found is what redemption is all about. The dictionary—I just checked this—defines redemption as the act of setting free or rescuing or ransoming. […]
A guest-review by Seana Duncan
Jennifer Weiner can always be counted on for a good, hearty read. Something you can curl up with on a rainy Saturday or breeze through on a lounge chair poolside. Her latest novel, Best Friends Forever released July 14, 2009, doesn’t disappoint.
Our heroine is Addie Downs, an overweight, socially awkward young […]
Happy Earth Day! Wherever we live, I think we can all agree that loving the Earth needs to be something we do more actively than passively, which is why we’ve asked Gemma Bulos, founder and executive director of A Single Drop, to tell us a bit about her organization. I think you’ll find it inspiring. […]
Being laid off in an economy overtaken by recession is not something the work force of today can tread lightly upon. Many employers are announcing that they will be experiencing cutbacks and layoffs due to the slow down in the economy. If this happens, gradually you will begin to see your co-workers and colleagues […]
Submitters, Visitors and Staff members are always asking for suggestions for writing and photography opportunities. Here is an exciting project combining both photographs and either personal essays or fictional pieces.
I took a couple of weeks off around Christmas of 2008 because things tend to slow down in my business anyway and my three young sons […]
What better to talk about on Allthingsgirl.com than the relationships among women? Like so many women my age, I read love stories and thrillers and historical fiction and even fantasy (love the big good/evil epic–have since I was a teenager), but what I love most is a story about women. Our lives, our […]
From the time I was a little girl I remember hearing stories of Martha Carrier, my grandmother 9 generations back, who was hanged for a witch in Salem in 1692. My mother and grandmother spoke often of the history of the witch hysteria as well as the bravery and fortitude of Martha and her […]
Colleen Gleason, whom we interviewed in this edition of ATG sent us the following email, which we wanted to share:
I’m going to have a live webcast on Tuesday night to celebrate the release of WHEN TWILIGHT BURNS…and I’d really appreciate it if you could mention it on your blog(s) to help promote it!
It’ll be […]
Lynn Biederman is the co-author of Unraveling, which was reviewed in our July, 2008 issue. She recently took a few moments to jot down some of her thoughts for us, and here’s what she had to say:
* * * * *At the ripe age of 45, I’m going through some virgin moments: My first novel, […]
Amanda Palmer is probably best known as the singer/songwriter of the Dresden Dolls, but she's more than just a fantastic singer.
Gregory is a musician, songwriter, and producer born in London, England to a musical family.
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