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 …
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 …
The Contradictory Rules: Modern Dating After Divorce. Between double standards and old-fashioned rules, dating after divorce didn’t come natural to me. It required re-connecting with instincts I had lost many years ago. My mother used to say, “Daring the Devil isn’t the same as seeing him arrive.” Her advice crossed my …
