True vacations, while much-needed, are often left off the busy person’s list of achievements.   We fast-paced, multi-tasking, busy professionals tend to have trouble relaxing.  When we are accustomed to squeezing what feels like 30 waking hour [...]

Posted by Elaine Taylor-Klaus • 10 days ago • View comments

It’s a powerful feeling to hit a nerve - albeit a little shocking - and that seems to be what happened in my last column.  I am grateful for your positive feedback, your comments, stories, suggestions and willingness to revisit your own circumstanc [...]

Posted by Elaine Taylor-Klaus • 24 days ago • View comments

My firstborn daughter was a perfect, quiet baby - for fourteen days.  On day 15, she started to cry – often uncontrollably.  It lasted for months.  The pediatrician called it reflux, and sent us out the door with  [...]

Posted by Elaine Taylor-Klaus • 38 days ago • View comments

There is a part of me that is very practical.  Despite my high regard for the right side of the brain, my attraction to musicians and artists and my passionate belief in drawing outside the lines, I’m actually a “straight arrow” at heart.  [...]

Posted by Elaine Taylor-Klaus • 45 days ago • View comments

The morning after a joyous evening I sat quietly by myself and took some time to reflect.  (Radical, I know.  It was delicious to sit with a cup of hot tea and think.  Note to self:  do that more often!)   It was a big night for [...]

Posted by Elaine Taylor-Klaus • 52 days ago • View comments

A family trip is not a vacation.    As summer moves into full swing, it may help to be very clear about this matter.   There is an enormous distinction to be made between the two: ...... [ Read the rest of this story ]

Posted by Elaine Taylor-Klaus • 66 days ago • View comments

Intimacy can be (re-) created with deliberation.  All too often, over time, the complexities of our lives interfere with our relationships.  Call it loss of connection, or intimacy, even friendship—being busy becomes our seducer, and we lose t [...]

Posted by Elaine Taylor-Klaus • 80 days ago • View comments