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Blessings,

Ann

This is the full interview I recently did with 4WordWomen.  4WordWomen is a group of women led by by Diane Paddison, Fortune 500 COO and author of “Work, Love, Pray.”  Their mission is to connect and support professional Christian women to achieve their God-given potential.…

This is the final part of our series on How To Handle Conflict Confidently.

Learn about the first three steps you can take here:

Step 1…

Welcome to Dr. Ann’s Coaching Corner!  This week, CB writes in to get a fresh outlook on her multi-tasked-out life.  Is this what “Mommy burn-out” looks like?

Dr. Ann,

I am 35 years old.  I have been married eleven years and we have two boys, a nine and seven year old.

My current situation is that I am working full time at my…

Welcome to Step 3 in our series on conflict.

You are brilliant!

In the middle of your conflict situation, you’ve so far made the decision to:

Step1:  Take a step back, and create a space to get calm.

Next, you’ve decided to:

Step 2:  Start with an attitude of “Let’s see it from the other person’s…

Welcome back to our series on conflict.

In Part 1 of our series, we looked at the first key step:  taking a step back.

To recap:  when we first feel angry or threatened in a conflict setting, stepping back…

Welcome to this week’s Coaching Corner!

Keep reading to find what to do when you and your spouse just can’t seem to see eye-to-eye.

My husband and I are at opposite ends of the spectrum of personality types. I am introspective and pragmatic. He is extroverted and impulsive. 

It…

Get mad?

Of course we do!  We all do.  It’s a basic fact of living within 50 yards of any other human being.  And even if we were all hermits, we’d probably still find something to get mad at ourselves for.

So what do you do when you get mad with someone who matters in your life?  Maybe it’s someone in your family or someone at work who you simply can’t…

Hi all!  I've been on a summer blog break, and now I'm glad to be back for the fall.  I've made some exciting changes to my blog!  The blog is now expanded to be a Christian coaching blog for women.  Do you have a life/work coaching question you'd like me to answer?  Then simply send in your questions to me at:  …

After this post, I will be taking a blogging break for the summer.  I look forward to family time, writing, and soaking in the Word.  I wish you a summer of rest, renewal, and joy with the people with you love.  Blessings!

Did you start off your marriage really knowing which way to go?

If you did, that’s great!  Many people…

In late June, the cover of The Atlantic featured a woman in a business suit, with a baby popping out of her briefcase.

The title?

“Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.”

The article went viral.

The…

I recently met with a dear friend of mine for coffee.

“How are you doing?” I greeted her, expecting the usual “Great!  So tell me what’s going on with you!”

Instead, I was greeted with: “Not good.”

We spent the next hour discussing life and love.  My friend has been divorced for several years.  She walks her path as a single mom with two children.  Her…

I recently met with a dear friend of mine for coffee.

“How are you doing?” I greeted her, expecting the usual “Great!  So tell me what’s going on with you!”

Instead, I was greeted with: “Not good.”

We spent the next hour discussing life and love.  My friend has been divorced for several years.  She walks her path as a single mom with two children.  Her…

After I finished my psychiatry residency, I was working at Mount Sinai Medical center in NYC.  I was friends with another doctor who was a few years ahead of me. She was pregnant with baby number two. One day, a group of us were schmoozing over lunch. We asked her how she was able to  juggle her kids and her work. Her parents were both successful, and she began to discuss how she and they…

We live in a relentlessly fast paced world.

And I can get relentlessly caught up in it as well.

Doing several things at once has become the new normal.  There is even a new normal answer to the question, “How are you?”

The answer used to be: “Fine, thanks.”

The answer is now: “Busy!”

And that feels perfectly normal, right?

As women, we live in a…

In motherhood, have you noticed that there are seasons when everything is going smoothly? 

I have.  During the good season, the kids are happy and balanced.  So is the marriage, and so am I.  The fridge has healthy stuff stocked, lots of it.  I’ve got patience and sweetness to spare.

But then the other seasons come around, too.  Everyday…

When you go on a trip, do you start out out with the end in mind?

Except for a few free-wheeling summers during and after college, I’m basically a planner.  I realize this may not be the most exciting thing to say!  Yet here’s the truth: my most fruitful endeavors happen when I have a definite endpoint in mind.

To truly blossom, your big dreams require…

Can you see it?

I was recently at the YMCA, talking to some of my special senior friends there. These women are so full of wisdom, wit, and energy! When I grow up some more, I want to be just like them.

One friend, who’s known my kids since they were little, asked how the winding down of the school year was going. She commented that it must be nice to look…

I recently got an iPhone.

Truthfully, I went back and forth about it in my mind countless times before I finally signed on the dotted line.  As much as I appreciate all it can do, I still have Perpetual iPhone Ambivalence.  I love it!  I worry about being leashed to it!

Recently, yet another friend, H.,  was happily extolling its virtues and was showing me the maps…

When I was in medical school doing my third year clinical clerkships, I worked in the ER of a busy, crowded city hospital.  Good old Grady Memorial Hospital, in Atlanta, Georgia.

I can actually still smell the smells wafting out of the hospital cafeteria.  But I digress.

While on-call with the medical and surgery residents, we learned about the “Friday night gun…