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As the holidays approach I notice a growing uneasiness among my family business clients. The unease springs from memories of holidays past when feelings were hurt, relationships were strained and time...
View ArticleForgiveness Is The Easy Part…..
We have all heard the old adage ‘forgive and forget’. And we all know forgetting is the bigger ‘nut’. Working with families over the past two decades has taught me that when it comes to strained or...
View ArticleEmail Cuts Both Ways
Email, like its older relative, the written letter, has the special ability to impress its message upon the recipient that normal conversation does not. When we read a love letter or an affectionate...
View ArticleThe Empty Chair: A Message of Hope
Families endure all manner of losses in their wake: death, separation, illness. The losses that are often the hardest to bear are loss due to estrangement. And the time of year that is often the most...
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