Duchess Digest: Make the New Year YOUR Year!

Want to make 2011 your best year yet? Single Minded Women columnist Jill Brown shares 5 simple tips for making sure your New Year’s goal become a reality this time.

Duchess Digest: The Good, The Bad and The Solution

In life there is the good, the bad and the solution? There comes a point in our life where more simply becomes more. In my economics classes of college, I believe this was referred to as the point of diminishing return. It’s the point at which that last spoonful of Ben and Jerry’s on the [...]

Duchess Digest: A Quick Fix for the Doldrums

Got a case of the blues? Economy got you down? Holidays approaching and your single (AGAIN?). I’ve got the quick fix cure to get you out of the doldrums…. Service! Over the summer I was lucky enough to attend a charity luncheon that featured Ariana Huffington as the keynote speaker. The luncheon was for the [...]

Duchess Digest: Following “The Rules”

“If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.” – Katherine Hepburn As a woman of a certain age (over 20 I’d say) you’ve heard about, possibly read and maybe even tried “The Rules” dating advice.  This was a massively popular book about fifteen plus years ago about a very basic, very rigid [...]

Duchess Digest: A Self-Assessment Checklist for You!

A life well lived is a life analyzed. Not for the sake of others, but for your own happiness. And while I’ve always been a proponent of the philosophy that you should lead your own life and everyone else be damned for their opinions – I heard a good saying the other day that holds [...]

Duchess Digest: Five Ways to Defuse Difficulty

There are times in life when you are going to have to be handling difficult people and dealing with difficult situations, regardless of whether or not you want to. Maybe it’s your in-laws, maybe it’s a co-worker, or maybe it’s a neighbor – but for those situations where you can limit but can’t simply end [...]

Duchess Digest: Making Mother’s Day Memorable!

Mother’s Day is just around the corner; how will you be celebrating your mom this year? May 8th is Mother’s Day this year – you have until then to find the perfect Mothers Day gift. You can always do the stand-by classics like brunch, flowers or chocolates – all of which are great ways to [...]

Duchess Digest: Forget Barbie – I want to be Carrie!

What do you do when you’re all grown up and can’t play with Barbies anymore? Why you become a fan of the Bradshaw Barbie! Single Minded Women’s Jill Brown shares why she can leave Barbie to the past in favor of her new icon Carrie Bradshaw!

Duchess Digest: Three Easy Steps to Getting What You Want

Feeling a little stuck? Winter doldrums got you down? Here are 3 Simple steps you can take to start getting exactly what you want, right now!

Duchess Digest: Winning Single Minded Women!

Announcing the Single Minded Women giveaway winners from the ‘Share a Tradition’ VTech campaign in December.

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