by Joanna Klein | Mar 9, 2022
Where do you put your regrets? Sometimes we define ourselves by our mistakes and hold onto them. Sometimes we let our regrets become an excuse or barrier to keep us from moving forward. As a life story writing guide, I hear women express shame about parts of their...
by Joanna Klein | Mar 2, 2022
This is a story about attachment and how it can get in the way of our happiness… One of my favorite places for a weekend getaway is Big Sur, an area along the California Coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains meet the Pacific Ocean. The 70-mile coastal drive is...
by Joanna Klein | Feb 23, 2022
Have you ever felt guilty? Of course, you have. Most of us are too familiar with that uncomfortable emotion, guilt. But did you know that questioning guilty feelings, and sometimes even doing something with it, can lead to self-improvement, feelings of...
by Joanna Klein | Feb 16, 2022
I hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day earlier this week. Let me begin again. I hope you’re finding all kinds of ways to get or give yourself the love and care you need this week. If that meant celebrating the one day of the year designated for romantic love and...
by Joanna Klein | Feb 9, 2022
If you’re like me and everyone I know, you’re sick of talking about the pandemic (and wearing masks). But when I noticed my lack of enthusiasm about . . . well, everything, I began to worry that this roller coaster ride we’ve been on for the last two years had...
by Joanna Klein | Jan 18, 2022
When I was a kid, my favorite genre of books was historical novels. It made the people I was studying in my history classes come alive in a whole new way. They weren’t just people in the role of general, queen, slave, or statesman. They were human beings with...
