My Father Diego Pichardo My Father, the Rockstar Sometimes I’ve fantasized about meeting Elvis Presley’s daughter. I’d like to shake her hand and tell her, with a sigh, “Lisa Marie, girl, I know exactly how hard your childhood must’ve been. My father, Diego Pichardo, was also a legendary rock star.” Except my father was a …
Steamy Romance Novels versus Clean Romance Novels Steamy Romance Novels versus Clean Romance novels—Finding your Goldilocks Zone In the past, I used to scorn at steamy romance novels calling them the “lowest common denominator literature.” However, one of my dearest cancer patients offered me a new perspective. This delightfully polite lady in her seventies—I’ll call …
American Pride: Blessings we take for granted. This 4th of July 2022, Let’s celebrate American Pride. I don’t know about you, but I never take for granted the incredible luck of being an American and living in the US. Lately, the news talks a lot about American dissatisfaction. But take it from someone who …
Feel Good Books: The World Needs More of Them Feel good books: Better than therapy. My passion for writing fiction and my day job as a Love and Purpose Coach may appear disconnected, but they’re not. My main intention as an author is to uplift spirits and leave the reader with an aftertaste …
Loving Yourself First (Rejoining the World) You’ve probably heard it a million times: Loving yourself first is indispensable before you begin searching for love. But there’s a long distance from knowing the concept, to living it. What do you do when, over and over, the world gives you evidence that you’re a misfit? Loving …
My Florida Beach Town (The other side of the River). Have you noticed how often we give up on an idea even before we try it? Love, wealth, traveling…We assume something is out of reach and “not for us” and it doesn’t even occur to us to dream about it. I call it …
Holiday Shopping 2021- Make Sure to Say “I see You” The worst two presents I ever got were a multi-carat diamond ring and a Mercedes Benz convertible car. Before you slap me, hear this: The best presents I’ve gotten cost near to nothing. My husband David is the best gift-giver in …
Halloween Humor: Scary Stories Some time ago, one of my author groups sent me a challenge: to write a horror short story for Halloween. I passed; I’d rather stick to Halloween Humor. Trust me; you don’t want me writing horror stories. Some scenes of my life beat anything you’ve seen in the most hair-raising movies. …
Opening The Mind and Overcoming Fear Opening the mind to new experiences can transform our lives. One of the biggest psychological triumphs of my adult life— which I’m convinced helped propel me toward finding love—was learning to eat sushi. All my life I had a love/hate, fascination/terror relationship with sushi. In …
We’re All Faking It (And It’s Okay): Stepping Out of your Comfort Zone Sometimes a very small decision can change the course of your life. Especially if that decision requires stepping out of your comfort zone. I was fifteen years old. I was afraid of needles and terrified of the sight of blood. Even the …
