What Changes Are You Making This Year?

One of my favorite songs is David Bowie’s “Changes.” During so many weird and volatile times in my life (moving, postpartum depression, moving again) I’ve taken comfort from that line, “Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes.” To me it means, accept that change is inevitable; just roll with it. And so far, I’ve been able to do so fairly well (with a few exceptions of course).

We’re at a time in our lives when we’re all facing changes. Kids leaving, getting married; looking at retirement (either our own or our spouse’s); starting new projects and businesses; reassessing marriages; losing parents. As part of our month-long look at transitions, we want to hear from you about the changes you’re welcoming or confronting in the year ahead.

Please take our survey so we can figure out what articles we should be writing in the months ahead and because we just want to hear what’s in your heart as we start 2018. And please read our transition stories this month, starting with this one about going cold turkey off drink and drugs. Onward and upward!

–Jeannie Ralston

Barbra Streisand Cloned Her Dog: Would You?

There’s probably a lot you know about Barbra Streisand – that her breakthrough was in the movie Funny Girl, that “Evergreen” was one of her biggest hits, and that you’ll never forget the way she said that line, “Your girl is lovely, Hubbell” in The Way We Were. But did you know she’s such a pet lover that she had her favorite dog—an adorable white fluffball–cloned after it died?

TRANSITIONS

Heading for Divorce: “Is This Really How My Marriage Ends?”

Next Tribe a woman concerned as she and her husband are heading for divorce

Was it his fault? Hers? Both? Neither? One woman navigates the hard path ahead as 29 years of coupledom unravel and finds a strange silver lining.

THE POWERHOUSES

Sandra Dewey: Giving Women the Spotlight and Male Interrupters the Kibosh

Sandra Dewey, a woman in leadership breaking down unconscious bias and opening doors for women everywhere

The executive behind the upcoming award show with all-female presenters talks about how she’s shepherding in a new era of pro-women workplaces–plus her best scripts for dealing with sexism on the job.

Next Tribe adult child's romance; a photo of an overly invested mom watching her adult child and romantic partner

You welcome your kids’ significant others into your home (especially this time of year). You grow fond of them. Here’s why you shouldn’t get too attached.

On a trip to China’s Yunan Province, Jeannie Ralston got an appointment with a famed Chinese doctor. Though he prescribed his special blend of tea for her insomnia, it was something more intangible that had the most powerful effect.