Duchess Digest: YOU Are the Common Demoninator

Have you ever noticed that the one thing all of your problems have in common is you? As I enter the world of a new relationship there are things about it that feel unique and wonderful, while there are other aspects that are already feeling like a little bit of history repeating. And that history [...]

Duchess Digest: Yes You Can!

We all go through time periods where we feel like victims. It’s tempting, but very dangerous, to look to another time, person or situation as being the solution to the rut we’re sitting down in. It’s the old “if only, then” slogan that can get us ladies into some serious trouble. If only I had [...]

Duchess Digest: Breaking Bad

With New Years just around the corner many of us will be packing up our Christmas decorations and pulling out our new year’s resolutions for 2010 this week. I have been thinking a lot about 2010 myself as many things in my life are changing right now and I’ve got some pretty big goals and [...]

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 [...]

Duchess Digest: Tapped In

Let’s face it; no woman is an island. While every modern woman loves to be independent, confident and self-reliant, we all could use balancing our alone time with a community.
Communities come in many forms; spiritual groups, educational gatherings, family, friends, even people with whom we share common backgrounds, ethnicities or situations. No matter their form, [...]

Duchess Digest: Between Us

On a recent trip through Anthropologie I happened to peruse their eclectic and fun collection of books. I love this about Anthropologie; they have the greatest little treasures for the home and my book shelves. I stumbled across a great little read called Entres Nous: A Woman’s Guide to Finding her Inner French Girl.
And while [...]

Duchess Digest: Text Appeal

I am a firm believer and huge advocate of text messages. But like any of the great things in this life (my greats include gelato, champagne, chocolate, travel and handsome bearded men) what makes it wonderful is moderation.
I think we all need to agree to a code of ethics on texting. For example you should [...]

Duchess Digest: Are You Free?

I recently finished a self-help book by Robin Sharma which discussed, through a fable, many principles for living your life’s purpose. Many of Mr. Sharma’s tips and tools I had heard before. In fact I’d already read this particular book several times over the past ten years. However, I believe that what we put in [...]

Duchess Digest: Look! It’s a Sign!

Several months ago I came across a Kabbalah Center with a large banner hung over the front entrance which read, “Look – It’s a Sign!”
After chuckling for several minutes about their clever marketing campaign I started thinking, “If only it were that obvious in real life!” And so while humming the “Signs, signs everywhere is [...]

Duchess Digest: Playing Favorites

We’ve all seen the terribly annoying commercials that every cell phone company has for their “Top Five Favorites.”. But after you’ve muted these incredibly irksome advertisements, have you given any thought to who is in your top five?
We human beings are interesting creatures, often keeping close to us relationships that no longer serve to enrich [...]

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