Relationships

By Kim Leatherdale As the host of a holiday gathering, few things are as difficult as family conflict.  Forget scheduling, cooking, cleaning, or buying gifts, family feuds are the toughest things to deal with.  How can you manage them without the holidays becoming a war? The Key to a Conflict Free Holiday You manage expectations. [...]

By Kim Leatherdale Being a great grandparent can be difficult when your grandchildren live far away.  A grandparent is meant to be a model, a fun confidant, and a source of nourishment.  How can you do this from a distance? Being a grandparent from a distance takes some extra creativity, organization and planning but will [...]

By Kim Leatherdale I’ve been recently involved in a group project. It was great to be invited to join, and I was flattered; however, it was important I keep up my end of the bargain for things to work. You see a group of professionals had decided to do a group give-away of great information [...]

By Kim Leatherdale I’ve been cleaning my condo and office the last few beautiful days.  It feels so good to get organized and freshened up!  So why don’t I maintain it well between-times?  Maybe I’m just human – I get lax, stop doing the right things, and forget organization.  It would help if I took [...]