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 [...]

Let Go of Your Ex: Avoid These 7 Excuses!

To successfully move on from a broken relationship, you need to separate emotionally, physically and psychologically.  The best way to do that is to cut off all contact with your ex so that you have time and space to heal.  Yet many people try to justify and rationalize their continued contact.  But these are just [...]

Duchess Digest: Ending Envy

Green has always been my favorite color. It’s the featured color of my birthstone (emerald), my favorite cocktail ring (peridot), my livelihood (cash!), my peace of mind (nature) and my favorite surprise gift (flowers). It’s a great way to act consciously (as in “go green” and save our planet!) and it is also the color [...]

Duchess Digest: Waking Up Wonder Woman

On a recent romp through late night television I happened to stumble across the movie Watchmen. I will admit right now I didn’t stick around long enough to know anything about the movie, but it did trigger a thought. In the few minutes of the scene I did watch, a superhero team of some Batman [...]

Duchess Digest: Putting Things in Context

Context is a little word with a whole lot of meaning. The ways in which you frame and build your experience every day can be the difference between a peaceful, flowing and abundant life or a stress filled, anxiety driven wild ride. The same event in different people’s lives could mean any number of things [...]

Duchess Digest: Never, Never, Never Give Up

We have all had those days, those weeks, maybe even those years where we’ve felt tested and stretched to our limits. Sometimes the challenges you face seem like an exhilarating opportunity to persevere, to think critically and to triumph over all odds. The days and hours border on excitement as you push forward in the [...]

50-Plus Singleistas and the Remarriage Gap

The over-fifty divorcee: will she have a second shot at love?
In the movie It’s Complicated, Meryl Streep’s character, a successful baker named Jane, had a 10-year love drought (okay, she dated one guy in all that time, for a measly eight months) before she finds herself being wooed by two desirable guys her own age—
One [...]

I Got Married and Other Mistakes #4: Mommy Dearest

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Cartoonist Barbara Slate has her pencil on the pulse of every woman’s nightmare: life without love. Her slant on relationships is a bittersweet bonbon.
She has created characters for Marvel and DCComics, and writes Betty and Veronica for Archie Comic.Her book, YOU CAN DO A GRAPHIC NOVEL is coming out Jan. 2010 from ALPHA/ Penguin [...]

Need a Matchmaker? That Answer May Be Yes. Here’s Why

As a professional matchmaker, I have encountered hundreds of different women. I’ve met with women who are unsure of what they are looking for; women who are unsure of who they really are…
And even women who are just dying to put a ring on their finger.
Unfortunately for women like these, matchmaking may not be the [...]

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 [...]

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