Hello! Here’s a link to a feature in Women’s Health Mag.com. My thanks to the magazine and to journalist Zahra Barnes. I did not write the piece, nor the headline. The friendship is addressed more in the article. I very much consider both my egg donations as positive experiences; the act of being someone’s donor simply doesn’t inoculate one against the waxing and waning of a long term friendship – that’s simply life. http://www.womenshealthmag.com/mom/donating-eggs-to-friends
ASK AN EGG DONOR™ (December 2015)
ASK AN EGG DONOR™ #02, Dec 1, 2015. THIS ISSUE: *Asking a relative to be your egg donor *Coping with the Holidays *Using an overseas agency *Psychological assessment *Telling your family. We’re thinking of asking my adult niece to be our egg donor. How do we go about it? As I’m sure you appreciate, it’s an important issue that deserves careful consideration. While I respect your niece is an adult and can make her own decisions, you might like to first raise the idea with your sibling. You don’t mention whether your niece has started/completed her own family, or plans… [Read More]
ASK AN EGG DONOR™
[Welcome to ASK AN EGG DONOR™ – a monthly, chatty forum where you’re invited to ask me anything about egg donation. If we need an expert medical opinion, I’ll put on my journalist hat and ask. That said, please note this column is not a substitute for medical or legal advice.] ASK AN EGG DONOR™ # 01, Nov 2015 Why did you decide to donate, when you chose not to start your own family? —Julia, Boston. My husband Jon and I greeted all the usual milestones with friends: college, 21st celebrations, weddings, babies – oh, except the last one. We chose not to… [Read More]
Author Interview: Novelist, Tegan Wren (fiction – with a twist!)
[Disclosure: This post forms part of a cross-promotion; it is also my pleasure. Tegan Wren interviewed me in July 2015 for her blog, www.teganwren.com.] Whether you’re an avid reader, aspiring author—or both!—Tegan provides terrific tips and insights into her debut book, INCONCEIVABLE! It’s a delightful, engaging and well-paced tale, centering on a young royal couple grappling with infertility. Many of us feel pressure to provide grandchildren – imagine having to provide an heir to the monarchy! I also enjoyed how the subplot was woven through, adding texture and shifting gears from the personal to the wider community. Here’s the Amazon… [Read More]
Join me at New Life Hiking Spa, Vermont, in May!
Speaker, Author and Journalist, Alicia Young will Present Evening Lectures at New Life Hiking Spa Opening Weekend for the 2015 Season New Life Hiking Spa, which was recently listed #1 on the 2014 Spas of America list and is known as one of the top wellness vacations in country, is pleased to announce award-winning author and journalist, Alicia Young will present the evening lectures for the opening weekend at New Life Hiking Spa. Alicia Young, Speaker/Author/Journalist Alicia Young is an award-winning author and speaker. We are thrilled to have her lecture at New Life Hiking Spa. Mendon, VT (PRWEB) April… [Read More]
News, coming soon!
Hello! Please forgive my popping out of the blue after this time. These first few months of the year have rocketed past in a blur. I’ll have some news later today or this weekend, and I’m looking forward to sharing it with you. Thank you, Alicia
The Year of No.
[HAPPY NEW YEAR! I allow myself one re-post each year, around now. I offer it as a reminder to us all – myself included – of the need to become/stay comfortable with saying no when people or obligations tip the scale and become toxic. Please consider. Also, while I have you, we’ve just switched to the domain savvylife.net, and doing so meant we lost social media data on the posts. Please know how much we appreciate the tweets, “likes” and “shares”. – Thanks, Alicia.] Could you organize the group gift? Could you babysit this weekend? Could you lend me some… [Read More]
What’s your wish for 2015?
A new year stretches out before us, fresh and crisp. I appreciate we arrive at the end of the year with feelings as individual as we are. Some of us will be eager to wave goodbye to 2014, replete as it may have been with sadness or loss. My wish for you is that gentle, loving healing be ushered in. Others carry forward hopes for new jobs, or for someone special to arrive in their lives. My wish for you is for new people and opportunities to cross your path. Whatever wishes you carry in your heart for the New… [Read More]
My Year: 2014 by Numbers
It’s that time of year when we reflect on the previous twelve months. My Year at a Glance – 2014 by numbers: 46 individual flights (final round trip starts tomorrow) 90+ days in hotels 1 home renovation kick-started 4 new member organizations 8 speaker exhibits (conferences) 1 wedding vow renewal (not ours!) 2 new TMs (trademarks) Goals exceeded on speaker platform.(Thank you, God!) 1 new book idea (more news as it comes to hand) 1 grateful heart. I’d like to thank each of you for your support and encouragement this year. My wish for you this Festive season is joy… [Read More]
Savvy Girl Hall of Fame Nominee: Nov 2014
Hello! I’m overseas at the moment, with very patchy internet. Please forgive my not posting a photo, but I’d like to tell you about November’s nominee for the Savvy Girl Hall of Fame: Poet, Abigail Mott! http://abigailmott.tumblr.com/ I had the real pleasure of meeting Abigail recently in Denver, CO. Picture this: a gorgeous, ceative and delightfully quirky girl in a knitted hat, sets herself up on the sidewalk. She sits at a little desk, atop which is perched an old fashioned typewriter. Snowflakes are falling gently and holiday lights are twinkling. Passers-by can provide any subject, and Abigail composes… [Read More]