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Zivjeli, or after one drink  just “Jer”, is the customary drinking toast in Croatia.  We were told that it roughly translates to “long life”, and that it’s important when toasting to look into one another’s eyes; without that connection, the meaning isn’t fulfilled. Long life and embracing its journey seems

As we meandered our bikes along the backroads of Zagreb and Split, Slunj and Korenica, we were in the vicinity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where much of the Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991-1995. Homes and the people living in them were hit hard by artillery and sustained

For clarity: this blog is linked to an earlier one in our series, “Whole Brain Adventures”, which discusses the work of Jill Bolte Taylor. After recovering from a massive stroke at the age of 37 years old, she discovered that she could recognize when she was functioning from the left

The opulent Vienna Opera House is no secret, but scoring tickets to Figaro while visiting there was certainly an unexpected joy! Going to the opera in Vienna was on my bucket list, but when I’d tried to purchase tickets a couple of months before our planned trip, I discovered tickets

Over the course of the past couple of weeks, I went traveling with my husband: first to visit family in London, then to Vienna to retrace the footsteps of my husband’s grandmother before she immigrated to the U.S., then to Croatia for a bicycling adventure, and then unexpectedly to Venice

Julie Field, Retired District Court Judge, Co-founder of The Consilium Institute. You, see, it’s not just about the X’s and O’s. “[Coaching] sure ain’t about drawing up (bleeping) plays. It’s about building relationships and instilling belief.” Michael Malone Denver Nuggets Coach Coach Malone is right. Technical knowledge can only get

Although I’d been practicing family law for twenty-three years, I first represented a party in a same-sex divorce in October of 2009. Difficult though it may now seem to believe, gay marriage was not legal in Massachusetts until the 2003 landmark decision of Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, in

Back when I was in law school, I found myself in search of a new apartment. This was long before Facebook, Instagram, or other social media platforms existed where people could connect over shared interests and needs, so my search began by scouring local classified ads in newspapers. I believe

The following blog post was inspired by psychotherapist Oona Metz, who has reviewed it and approved its publication. On April 6th, WBUR’s Cognoscenti published psychotherapist Oona Metz’s article entitled “Why don’t we talk- really talk- about divorce?”    In her article, Oona didn’t shy away from asking a painful question and suggesting