connections

New Year - Your Life

Why you should network more

Networking can be a powerful resource for both your business and personal relationships. Many people feel uncomfortable when they...

Wellness

Mind-body connection: The psychology of healing

What does being healed mean to you? How much does the mind truly affect your ability to recover after an illness, undergoing surgery...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Making new friends through your kids

“It takes a whole village to raise a child,“ the African proverb goes. When we become parents, our friends and family become more...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Building your child-raising village through volunteering

Times are tough economically and our communities -- our villages -- have been ravaged by the downturn. Everyone has been affected,...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Neighbors helping neighbors (helping your kids)

When we talk about the villages in which we raise our kids, we are talking about multiple layers. Your family is the first, closest...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Monday Mom challenge: Expand your village

City, country or suburbs, single-parent home or multi-generational household, one kid, two kids or ten kids, we don’t raise our...