The Unedited Offspring

Aging

The Transformative Power of Memoir-Writing

Dena Kouremetis on January 8, 2024

A Personal Perspective: Writing down your life story can help you make sense of it and leave behind a legacy for your loved ones to treasure.

Aging

Offering Yourself Grace

Dena Kouremetis on November 5, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Giving yourself grace is no walk in the park. It’s not really a “result” of anything. It’s a gentle, kind resignation as well as a gift you give yourself.

Relationships

Being There for Someone in an Unhealthy Relationship

Dena Kouremetis on June 26, 2023

When someone you love is in an unhealthy relationship, where do you draw the line between heartfelt advice-giving, empathy, and enabling by staying silent?

Menopause

Making Menopause Work for You

Dena Kouremetis on February 17, 2023

Menopausal age is natural time for women to take stock of their lives. Lots of women begin to pivot at this point, starting new businesses or changing careers.

Therapy

Why It’s a Good Thing I Never Became a Therapist

Dena Kouremetis on January 2, 2023

A Personal Perspective: You read books and watch movies about psychology. But does your fascination with all of it mean you'd make a good therapist?

Parenting

How Close Is Too Close?

Dena Kouremetis on November 1, 2018

When a grown daughter seeks out your advice on some very personal issues, you have a choice.

Aging

Table-Turning: When Adult Children Employ a Parent

Dena Kouremetis on July 8, 2018

Parents can offer adult children their work skills with no strings attached.

Leadership

Cutting-Edge Ways to Teach Kids Money Management

Dena Kouremetis on July 2, 2018

When kid can call most of his or her own shots while earning, it's a completely different feeling from a mom browbeating you to clean your room or take out the trash.

Parenting

Praising Adult Children When it Means the Most

Dena Kouremetis on June 12, 2018

Offering praise for things well done are ways parents express love and help their children grow into consistently evolving adults.

Confidence

Permitting Our Inner Child to Survive

Dena Kouremetis on May 10, 2018

As parents we set examples by showing our kids how we face adversity, accepting new realities and embracing change with a sense of adventure and confidence.

Relationships

Memoir: The Legacy We Leave

Dena Kouremetis on February 24, 2018

Stop thinking you have to be a great writer to write your own memoir. You don’t. You just have to start writing.

Empathy

Helping Your Daughter Gain a Sense of Empathy

Dena Kouremetis on January 29, 2018

Teaching girls to think about walking a mile in someone else’s shoes (including our own) can be one of the hardest jobs we face as parents ...

Self-Esteem

Moms of Girls: a Good Self Image Starts with You

Dena Kouremetis on January 17, 2018

We actually have to make an effort to appreciate ourselves and verbalize that appreciation to our daughters.

Attention

Giving Girls the Attention They Deserve

Dena Kouremetis on January 3, 2018

"Differences in the extra attention given to boys are due in part to the fact that boys simply tend to demand more attention, while girls tend to be quieter and more reticent."