by Angie Monko | Dec 9, 2021 | Blog Post
Have you tried to buy your kids’ love out of guilt after divorce? Or maybe you felt sorry for them and tried to over-compensate with extra attention, coddling, etc. My Walk of Shame I recall when I got divorced way back in 1998. It’s definitely my walk of shame. My...
by Angie Monko | Jun 16, 2021 | Blog Post
Are you or someone you know considering divorce? It’s a heavy decision alright. You are probably feeling all sorts of things, fear of the unknown, doubts that you could be making the wrong decision, doubts about how you’ll pay the bills, doubts about how it will...
by Angie Monko | Jun 9, 2021 | Blog Post
Loss is loss, whether you are giving up a food addiction, a way of being that has been comfortable like wearing a pair of old shoes, a marriage, or a dear loved one. I’m not minimizing the obviously more intense losses like when we lose someone we deeply love and...
by Angie Monko | May 26, 2021 | Blog Post
My First Public Feedback I remember back in 2008 I went to my first self-growth and empowerment (3 day) workshop. The class of 30 or so was divided into smaller groups of 5-ish. My little group stood around me. We were supposed to take turns observing the person...
by Angie Monko | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog Post
Yolanda’s Story Yolanda grew up in a small, country town in Illinois, surrounded by the woods, wheat and corn fields, her favorite hound, Tabitha, her pony, Sam, her mule, Mikey, and the dark blue fishing pond (tainted that color by her dad to keep algae away), with...