A number of years ago when I worked at a school on 86th Street and Park Avenue, a homeless man by the name of Billy frequented the block....

Image: Julie Parker – Heart and Soul matters. New York City is a place where strangers dance to the rhythm of gift-moments-in-motion. A...

Last spring, I joined a Meetup group for women in Westchester County, where I live. I was drawn to the hikes they offered and the...

My downstairs neighbor, whom I’ll call Kathy, moved in last fall. She didn’t seem entirely happy with the move and, for whatever reason,...

While business coaching last week, the subject of winter came up. My client wondered what was wrong that he felt tired, unmotivated,...

After a week of communication challenges everywhere I turned, I woke up Friday morning determined to bring my world into balance. In...

A certain pattern has played out behind the scenes in my life for years. It has to do with pace. I’ve found that the natural pace of...

This week while driving down the main street of a small nearby town, a car pulled out from a parking spot into my right fender. I...

Twenty years ago, when my former husband learned that one of my happy childhood memories involved an Easy-Bake Oven, he bought me one for...

At a holiday breakfast this week for Employee Assistance Professionals and friends, I happened to sit next to a nurse who serves as the...