I wanted to be a writer since I was a teenager. Since I wanted to write about "Life," I had to take time to live some of it! This I did by way of being a California Marriage and Family Therapist and Clinical Social Worker (2 licenses), which allowed me to learn not only about my life, but about the lives of hundreds of other people. When I started teaching and speaking publicly, that gave me thousands more from whom to learn. My first material was published in the early 1980's, when I was 40! I am author of a self-published series (The Bounce Back Series--how to Bounce Back from Anger and Argument, Low Self-Esteem, Energy Draining, Making a Fool of Yourself, Being a Victim and Jealousy). Enchante published my series for parents and teachers, which tells how to help children deal with emotions, entitled "Exploring (Emotion) With Your Child." Emotions include anger, fear, jealousy, hurt, loneliness, grief, guilt, shame and remorse, love and intimacy. The teacher's manual is entitled Exploring "Emotional Literacy: A Teacher's Guide to Anger, Fear, Grief, Guilt, Hurt, Jealousy, Loneliness, Love & Shame." I am also co-author of "Happiness is a Decision of the Heart," and have self-published "99 Tips for Mastering Fear." My material has appeared in such publications as Woman's Day, Excellence, San Francisco Chronicle, Marin Independent Journal, Care Notes. I am currently writing "Born to Learn," an expose of the "system" extant on the earth which, once learned, makes living here so much easier!

I don't keep track of such things. I was Member of the Year for the Northern California Chapter of the National Speakers Association in the early 1990's. I am listed in a 2007-08 Cambridge Who's Who.