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Virtual Book Tour with Anne Kreamer

by phyllis, October 19, 2011

Readers, we’re delighted you’re here at our Virtual Book Tour and we give a hearty welcome to author Anne Kreamer. We first featured Anne and her book, Going Gray, in 2007. We think that you’ll find what she has to say about her new and thought provoking book, It’s Always Personal, very interesting. So let’s get started: Nourishing Relationships:What motivated you to initiate the investigation to do this book and is there a personal story behind your desire to do this project? Anne Kreamer:My interest in the subject of emotion … Continue reading →

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Thinking of Going Gray?

by phyllis, October 17, 2011

We are pleased to be hosting Anne Kreamer here on the blog on Wednesday, October 19 to talk with us about her latest book, It’s Always Personal. Our readers were fascinated by her last visit here when she shared her personal story about Going Gray, so we thought we’d share some excerpts of our last chat with Anne. If you’ve ever considered going gray yourself, here’s some of what Anne shared with us at that time: NR: What were the issues that you’d uncovered while your hair was growing out? … Continue reading →

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Labor Day and the End of Summer

by rosemary, September 6, 2010

Labor Day has been celebrated in the U.S. on the first Monday in September for over 125 years. While it began in recognition of workers in labor unions, most people today consider today as the symbolic end to summer and the beginning of the school year. For many women, both work and children going back to school are significant issues that come together this Labor Day. Today, 60% of women work outside the home, that figure rising to over 75% among women ages 25 to 44, the average child-bearing years. … Continue reading →

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Families in Financial Flux

by rosemary, March 30, 2009

As Leo Tolstoy put it in Anna Karenina, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” And what about other family traits? Are families who are flexible all flexible in the same way? And are rigid families each set in their own ways? Today, families are being shaken up in record numbers as financial turmoil hits home. With all the job-related uncertainties facing them, families must be able to make changes in order to adjust to the current economic climate. They may even need … Continue reading →