Duchess Digest: Three’s Company!

In these economically uncertain times everyone is watching their bottom line a little closer and this little Duchess is no exception! When I returned to my beloved Los Angeles last fall, I knew living my dream was going to cost me. Not just in the metaphorical sense but in the cold hard cash sense as [...]

Mars Venus Q&A: “My Illness Tore Us Apart”

Dear John,
I am in the process of recovering from an eating disorder known as bulimia.  I have been hospitalized four times in the last four years.  The last time, I almost died.  Every time I fell apart, I promised my boyfriend that I would get better and each time I let him down.
Along with the [...]

Tome of the Mommy: Husbands Who Flirt

Having respect for one’s partner is the only way a relationship can survive, let alone thrive. I’ve watched too many of my friends’ marriages crumble because either a husband or wife didn’t understand that, or just didn’t care to deliver it. Their need to be admired by the opposite sex was much more important to [...]

Duchess Digest: ‘Tis the Season

With the holiday season officially here with this Black Friday weekend, most of us are thinking about family. Opening gifts around the tree with loved ones, fabulous parties with friends (the family we get to choose) and delicious meals around beautifully set loving dining room tables. And once that commercial on television for the generic [...]

Are You Wasting Valuable Time with Mr. Wrong?

Meredith and McDreamy.
Mulder and Scully.
And of course, Jim and Pam.
No matter how sublime your career can be, when you’re home from the office, sometimes it hits you:
Something BIG is missing in your life.
Like, say, someone to share all your successes and accomplishments.
As you look around, you realize that while your friends and family applaud you, [...]

First Date: Letting Go of the Controls

A lot of us feisty women are used to taking the reins. We have to exert control if we want to excel in our jobs (or just hold onto them in this rough economy) and negotiate the best deals for ourselves. But all this limit setting can be a problem when we apply it to [...]

Bachelor’s Prince Charming Falls Off His Horse

Ellen DeGeneres was blown away. The View’s Elizabeth Hasselbeck, watching in her wedding dress, was miffed, and made no bones about it. And a legion of devoted viewers were beside themselves Tuesday night, when the star of  the TV reality show The Bachelor, Jason Mesnick, backed out of his proposal to winner Melissa Rycroft on [...]