Everybody knows that life is hard. The bigger question is: what lessons will you learn as you go? Every painful, challenging, trying time contains a truth or an insight that will grow you if you let it. It’s the old, “get bitter or get better” idea. I’m especially aware of that right now because my father passed away about a month ago. At 94, his life was full and he passed with his three children and other loved ones by his side. Happily, he’s with my mom now; he was at peac

How was your Valentine’s Day this year? Hopefully it was great. Maybe it was so so. For many couples, Valentine’s Day is disappointing. Underperforming relationships are hard to hide on a holiday meant to celebrate love. Many partners are left feeling neglected, unappreciated, lonely or just plain forgotten. It’s no coincidence that separations and divorces spike in the weeks after Valentine’s Day—not to mention affairs. Indeed, the infidelity website Ashley Madison always ha