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Dr. Monica Starke
Dr. Monica Starke

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Dec 23, 2022

Don’t Fall Into This Trap

Hold tight to your positive attitude about aging — During this particular week, precisely five days before Christmas day, who really wants to be doing annual checkups like mammograms or thyroid sonograms? In my last article, I shared a few specific hard knocks I experienced in 2021. Yeah, it was a tough year. My eldest sister died, two adult…

Aging

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Don’t Fall Into This Trap
Don’t Fall Into This Trap
Aging

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Dec 5, 2022

How I Was Able to Overcome Adversity in 2022

Choose not to become bitter, unhappy, and hopeless! — This was one hell of a year for me! I thought I had experienced heartbreak before, but this year I realized how harsh heartbreak could be — especially when your adult children cause it. I am brutally aware that we have been and are currently being affected by so many…

Life

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How I Was Able to Overcome Adversity in 2022
How I Was Able to Overcome Adversity in 2022
Life

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Nov 19, 2022

I Was NOT Always Present

Put Family First and learn from my mistake — The good and the bad we do as parents affect our children profoundly and these effects, good and bad, are real and lasting. I was not as aware of this as I should/could have been! I did not always put family first and would often leave my young, four-year-old daughter…

Parenting

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I Was NOT Always Present
I Was NOT Always Present
Parenting

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Oct 13, 2022

You Are a Great Provider. You Even Fix Things Around the House

Yet she is unhappy and makes you feel you don’t do anything right — What the heck is the problem? Why can’t our relationship go smoothly all the time? The sooner we accept that no relationship can be hunky dory all the time, the sooner we will realize many happier moments. Remember that life will always have peaks and valleys. …

Parenting Advice

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You Are a Great Provider. You Even Fix Things Around the House
You Are a Great Provider. You Even Fix Things Around the House
Parenting Advice

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May 4, 2022

7 Practices to Maintain Some Semblance of Life/Balance in the Face of Chaos

Make self-care a priority! — My youngest daughter sadly recalled how she observed the self negligence of the medical assistant in the office where she goes for her weekly allergy shot. She related how weeks ago she was in admiration of how physically fit she looked. Then something happened. This observation also made us reflect…

Self Improvement

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7 Practices to Maintain Some Semblance of Life/Balance in the Face of Chaos
7 Practices to Maintain Some Semblance of Life/Balance in the Face of Chaos
Self Improvement

6 min read


Feb 21, 2022

Remember Those Days When People Left for Work

And you had the house all to yourself — I long for those days to come back. I mean I am the one who is semi-retired. I looked forward to having those long, quiet days- alone. But no- my house is filled with three ‘ladies’ who not only moved in from places like Boston and Texas — but they…

Self Improvement

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Remember Those Days When People Left for Work
Remember Those Days When People Left for Work
Self Improvement

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Jan 15, 2022

How to Find Some Peace In Tough Times

Create a sanctuary ! You find yourself struggling to face the days. Your strength is decreasing and you long for the “good old days.” It is precisely for this reason and for these feelings that you need to rediscover yourself and find the better you, the stronger you. Begin to build a sanctuary of…

Family

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How to Find Some Peace In Tough Times
How to Find Some Peace In Tough Times
Family

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Dec 17, 2021

Pick Yourself Up When You Fall: Your First Step

Climb back boldly into the light — You now find yourself in a very dark place, trapped by your inner thoughts and feelings, surrounded by conflict inside and outside your world. You are losing hope that you will ever feel joyful again. You don’t share your pain because you suspect that no one wants to hear about…

Life

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Pick Yourself Up When You Fall: Your First Step
Pick Yourself Up When You Fall: Your First Step
Life

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Nov 30, 2021

The Power of YOUR Male Voice

Can influence our world — It’s the Wednesday before Thanksgiving 2021 and it’s a perfect South Florida afternoon, a stark reminder of why I chose to live in ‘hurricane town’ (as one relative described the sunshine state). Anyway, it’s Grandma’s day as we call Wednesday afternoons when I pick up my grandkids for a few…

Family

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The Power of YOUR Male Voice
The Power of YOUR Male Voice
Family

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Nov 23, 2021

Self Care Can Be A Constant Struggle

But we need to keep going — If you think you are alone with your inconsistency and failed efforts, you are dead wrong. Many of us, if not all of us have been there. The danger is when you stay there, unable to pick yourself up. Be Persistent None of us feel great every day. But we can definitely…

Self Improvement

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Self Care Can Be A Constant Struggle
Self Care Can Be A Constant Struggle
Self Improvement

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Dr. Monica Starke

Dr. Monica Starke

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