by Whitney | Sep 4, 2013 | blogging, education, friends, happiness, parenting, personal
Watching my kids navigate the waters of high school, and now watching the first one acclimate to college, I realize how much of our lives trades not only in monetary currency, but how much of it depends on the cultural currency you carry. For kids, we easily lump this...
by Whitney | Aug 30, 2013 | health, personal
My husband recently decided to order a genetic screening kit from 23 and Me. He’s a physician and does a lot of medical research, looking for ways to prevent preterm birth and other illness in women. Since they do more and more genetic screening on patients,...
by Whitney | Aug 28, 2013 | happiness
Everyone talks about the fear of failure, and how to look it in the eye. (See this post by Seth Godin.) Not as many people talk about the equally real fear of success that undermines and self-sabotages just as many. Here are just a few examples of fear of success:...
by Whitney | Aug 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today I sent my first son off to college. Everyone talks about how hard this is. Michael Gerson summed it up well in his recent column in the Washington Post when he said: This was the general drift of my thoughts as my wife and I dropped off my eldest son as a...
by Whitney | Aug 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Over the course of my lifetime, I’ve seen traditional retail transform. In Rochester NY, where I grew up, there were several local department stores, started by local businessmen who became legends in the community. Over time, these stores struggled as their...
