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If you're procrastinating with your Monday to do list, let me help you continue. Carolyn and I have been working away at our Foodtrainers.com   NEW WEBSITE . It has been some time and we needed something fresh. One of my favorite parts of the site is a Q andA we did on our bio page . Please check it out. Let us know what you think and if you haven't be sure you sign up for our Monthly Morsels newsletter. What do you look for in a website? Do you look at sites on your phone or mostly on your computer? And while I have you favorite part of our new site? A thank you to Scott at Bellina Creative for tweaking this until we got it right.

Earlier this week (or last week? it's all starting to blur) I was trolling twitter for interesting links.   Jane Pratt (xojane.com) listed a few topics she wanted her staff to write about. Well I’m not on her staff (but like their content) and clicked through to a One SizeFits All Buzz Feed video on You Tube. I gather that One Size Fits All Stores are popping up all over. In this video, women of various shapes and sizes try on a few different garments. The obvious conclusion, that doesn’t even require watching this video, is that one size does not fit all. That’s not all that interesting to me but a few things about this 4-minute segment were. First, while there may not be a universal size, there is a universal feeling when something doesn’t fit us. Whether it’s because of our height or our weight (or just because) when something doesn’t fit it doesn’t feel good. I'm not sure why we don't blame the clothing more but that would be logical and balanced. This video captures t...

Last week, I was in my office for client sessions. Many clients had Rosh Hashanah on their minds. For any special event, I try to gather information in order to formulate a plan. “Where will you be for the holidays?” On this particular day three clients informed me that their mother in-law was hosting. Each of these clients shared this with evident apprehension.   Humor is my favorite antidote for anxiety so I dubbed it “ the Mother In-law challenge ” and we went from there. When my sessions were over, my mind drifted back to mother in laws and all the accompanying stereotypes. This definition made me chuckle.   A phrase appended to names of relationship, as father, mother, brother, sister, son, etc., to indicate that the relationship is not by nature There are books written on the subject including one from psychologist Terri Apter entitled… What do you want from me?  And it will come as no shock that the most complicated relationships are between mother in-laws and daug...