Victory Tips

Public Noise: What Would You Do?

Did you get your taxes done? I did, but much later than usual. As a result, I was in a very long line at the post office today. It wasn’t just with tax-payers. There were five people in […]

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More Than Just Her Jeans

Remember those Gloria Vanderbilt jeans? Who didn’t love ‘em? How funny is that, while the flamboyant Gloria was flaunting her famous name on those fabulous jeans, she faced a myriad of behind-the-scenes dramas. Not funny ha-ha…funny peculiar. Stories […]

Spring: New Beginnings

In spite of reports of an impending snow storm in the Northeast, today is the first day of spring. Yay! It wasn’t a bad winter, but isn’t spring, with all its yummie bursts of pinks and yellows and […]

Thoughts about Women's History and You

It’s Women’s History Month and Nancy Reagan, US First Lady from 1981-1989, died this week at age 94. I think it’s curiously delicious that she died during Women’s History Month, don’t you? As I read about her this […]

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Folding Fitted Sheets

Victories come in all shapes and sizes. Most of them aren’t earth-shattering but they lead to those that are, either by boosting your confidence or proving something to yourself. Like learning to fold fitted sheets. For my entire […]

More Chapters For You?

Leslie Caron’s interview with Jane Pauley on last weekend’s CBS Sunday Morning reminded me of the strides women have made over the last half-century. And it reminded me that, even if a woman has made regrettable choices, no […]

About That MidLife Crisis…

Are you happier now that you’re in midlife? Most likely you are and don’t even realize it! Recently a group of Canadian researchers released a study done with about 1500 high school and college students. The researchers followed […]

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all the Victory ChicksMay this year be the year that you… Reconnect with your SELF (who you really are) Find your spirit Take your turn Unlock the chains of self-doubt Have the FREEDOM to […]

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Victory Chicks!Happy Holidays too!And in the New Year,May 2016 be your most fabulous year yet!!In Victory and with Love,Annmarie

My Favorite Christmas Gift

A Favorite Childhood Christmas Gift & Women’s Empowerment Earlier this week, or maybe it was last week…the days have mushed together…I was watching a TV show and the host was asking guests about their favorite childhood Christmas present. […]

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I Hate the Holidays: Stress-Busting Tips

“Glad to see ‘em come, glad to see ‘em go,” announced Mrs. Evans as she charged into the teacher’s lounge and plopped, exhausted, into her chair at the lunch table. She’d spent the previous night baking Christmas cookies, […]

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Gratitude

When Janice Kaplan first started writing The Gratitude Diaries, she never expected that her life would change so dramatically. Janice and Annmarie will be chatting about how paying attention to gratitude transformed her marriage, her relationship with her […]