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May 1

The Drifter, The Dalai Lama and The Detox Center.

“And here I am slowly drifting away from everything I once claimed to love.” —by Diane Andreoni The Drifter: drifter (noun): one that travels/drifts; drift (verb): to deviate from a set course When I was forty-five years old my life was drifting towards change. My husband of twenty two years…

Sabbatical

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The Drifter, The Dalai Lama and The Detox Center.
The Drifter, The Dalai Lama and The Detox Center.

Mar 30

Six Winning Rules to LOVE by…

— by Diane Andreoni At fifty-two I met my lifelong love, Tino. We spent three years together before deciding to tie-the-knot. It’s our second (and last) marriage. He’s my “happily ever after” guy. Before meeting Tino I had a variety of dating and relationship experiences that taught me many valuable…

Love

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Six Winning Rules to LOVE by…
Six Winning Rules to LOVE by…

Feb 27

Say “YES” to mess

The art of losing control…..and loving it! —by Diane Andreoni “Art is coming face to face with yourself.” — Jackson Pollock It’s 3:00 a.m. and I’m wide awake, AGAIN! I’ve been experiencing interrupted sleep a lot lately. I’ll be sound asleep, then my eyes will suddenly open, and just like…

Art Of Losing Control

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Say “YES” to mess
Say “YES” to mess

Feb 13

Me and my “MISTERHOOD”

Meet my mistaaas—my father, furbaby and fireman. On Valentine’s Day, I think about the people I love. Like the women in my “Sisterhood,” my best girlfriends and sister; they’re the gals in my life that give me unconditional love, support and friendship – they’re my sistaaas! But, who are the…

Valentines Day

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Me and my “MISTERHOOD”
Me and my “MISTERHOOD”

Oct 21, 2018

Loving and Losing Lolita

A love story by Diane Andreoni “Before you get a dog, you can’t quite imagine what living with one might be like; afterward, you can’t imagine living any other way.” -Caroline Knapp- When I was a kid I never had a dog. My family did have a pet kitten for…

Dogs

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Loving and Losing Lolita
Loving and Losing Lolita

Oct 9, 2015

Paula’s Perfect Storm: Anorexia, Alcohol Addiction and Depression

my sister whose eyes were black as coal and as bright as a child’s whose beautiful smile presented itself behind a wavering lip whose mind was that of an artist which saw life too clearly whose heart was filled with love and felt it too dearly whose soul grew weak …

Anorexia

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Paula’s Perfect Storm: Anorexia, Alcohol Addiction and Depression
Paula’s Perfect Storm: Anorexia, Alcohol Addiction and Depression

Jul 17, 2015

Mom’s killer Alzheimer’s reminder to enjoy life’s best moments.

Memories with mom. Some of the best child-hood memories I have with my mom are of the road-trips our family took out west during summer vacations. My dad was the designated driver and my mom the fearless camp leader. We had a Buick station wagon with three seats. The third…

Alzheimersdisease

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Mom’s killer Alzheimer’s reminder to enjoy life’s best moments.
Mom’s killer Alzheimer’s reminder to enjoy life’s best moments.

Jun 30, 2015

Five life lessons I learned from surviving breast cancer.

Life Lesson # 1 “Give yourself a breast exam. It could save your life.” I was one of those people that got yearly mammograms for early breast cancer detection. Thinking these annual check-ups were good enough, I rarely gave myself a breast exam. But two and a half years ago…

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Five life lessons I learned from surviving breast cancer.
Five life lessons I learned from surviving breast cancer.

May 16, 2015

Be Authentic. Ask yourself. “Why should people care?”

After attending the Social Media Strategies Summit in Chicago a couple of weeks ago, an idea rose to the top for me: in order for brands to be relevant to people in today’s socially focused world, they need to be authentic. To do this they should understand who they are…

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Be Authentic. Ask yourself. “Why should people care?”
Be Authentic. Ask yourself. “Why should people care?”

Apr 9, 2015

Creating Brand Value with Music…

Marketers often rely on storytelling to connect with people emotionally. But think about how boring a story would be without the power of music. Music amplifies emotion in a brand’s story. It emotionally moves people. So this is another way a brand can tap into consumers’ values. I have a…

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Creating Brand Value with Music…
Creating Brand Value with Music…
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