Entries by Laura

Marriage is hard

My heart feels a little heavy just now. I'm thinking of a friend–call him Andy (not his real name)–and the heartbreak he's enduring because his wife wants a divorce. This I learned about only a few days after learning that another friend, Bonnie (not her real name), has left her husband Stu (not his real […]

How to Listen to The Productive Woman Podcast

You know I have a podcast, right? Somebody reminded me recently that not everybody knows what a podcast is or how to listen to it. So I thought I should explain. What is a Podcast? A podcast is basically audio on demand. (There are video podcasts, but that's not what mine is.) It's kind of […]

Three Words for a New Year

Do you make new year's resolutions? Or set ambitious goals at the beginning of the year? I'm one who finds myself drawn to milestone days–the first of the year, the first of a month, a birthday, an anniversary. I use those milestone days as reminders to look back, and look forward, to take stock, re-evaluate […]