Men Are EasyMen Are EasyAn author's blog that says love and relationships don't take work and change can be easy. Grounded in the new science of complex systems. Articles
Seabury Hall?s First Wednesday Symposium: Where Is Feminism?
2007-05-10 00:25:00 Maui News Columnist (retired last week!) Liz Jaynes-Brown, Mayor Charmaine Tavares, and I are on a panel for a symposium this evening at 7 p.m. at Seabury Hall in Makawao here on Maui. When I was asked to be part of a panel to discuss “Where Is Feminism ?” my first thought was, “I love this question.” These ... More About: Here , First , Wednesday
Normal Crazy vs. Crazy Crazy
2007-05-08 19:40:00 In yesterday’s NY Times magazine, Bruce Stutz in his article “Self-Nonmedication” writes about his midlife breakdown, how he went on antidepressants, and then the horrific experience of withdrawals from them. I wrote the following email: Hello Bruce, Thanks for your lovely article, for your clarity and honesty. A beautiful description of a classic radical life transition complicated by fear ... More About: Crazy , Normal
Love Is Easy: A Systems View
2007-05-08 01:56:00 A client mentioned recently that she didn?t quite ?get? systems thinking. I told her that getting systems thinking is not required, but she always wants to know more and to go deeper. Here?s a simple explanation that might be helpful: A basic concept in systems thinking is that, in a complex system, the whole is greater than ... More About: Love , View , Systems , Easy , Stem
Inspiration and Music for Single Women Who Attract the Wrong Guys
2007-05-06 23:11:00 Finally, you fall for a guy. Maybe you haven’t had a date in three years. Maybe you thought you could never have the feeling again. But then you find that he doesn’t call very often. He’s more interested in sex than you, he avoids meeting your family and friends, and/or he’s not “ready to commit.” ... More About: Women , Music , Inspiration , Guys , Sing
Mommy Stress, Now and 20 Years Ago
2007-05-01 22:27:00 Parenting magazine?s 20th anniversary survey was covered by the Today Show and commented on by bloggers. The statistic that struck me: 96% of women believe that they are more stressed than moms were 20 years ago. As a new mom 20 years ago, I was stressed. Tradition disappeared in the 80s. How to eat, exercise, parent, ... More About: Mommy , Stress , Years , Tres , Year
Work/Home, Mommy Books, and Real Sustainability
2007-04-29 21:03:00 A recent NY Times article, Mommy Books : More Buzz than Buyers, discusses how books on working vs. stay-at-home mothers aren’t selling as well as their blog attention and media publicity would lead everyone to believe they would. Why I don’t buy mommy books: * I don’t buy one concept books any more. For this post, I read ... More About: Home , Work , Sustainability
How to End the Housework Battle
2007-04-29 02:39:00 Here’s what I wish someone had written for me 25 years ago: A pediatric anesthesiologist complained about how her surgeon husband never helped with the child and around the house, that she was doing all the work. His response to her frustration and anger was, ?Chill out.? My first thought: ?No fair! What an insensitive jerk!? My second ... More About: Battle , Ouse , The House , Ework
Los Angeles? CBS-2 Aired Men Are Easy Today!
2007-04-27 10:54:00 On LA’s CBS News this evening there was a Special Report on Men Are Easy !! Yay!! I want to post the video but all I can figure out is how to post the link to the video. Here it is: http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=38356@kcbs. dayport.com I’m stiff and flat–a taping with a producer, not anchor/interviewer, and I was just not juiced. ... More About: Los Angeles , Today , Angeles
Breakfast with the Dali Lama (Part 1)
2007-04-26 16:39:00 Okay, it wasn’t breakfast with him, technically. We all had breakfast and His Holiness the Dali Lama showed up. It was at the local lama’s house in his yard. 500 people attended but it felt like 100. We sat in the stade of the trees and the Dali Lama arrived to speak on the back porch ... More About: Breakfast , Part , Fast , The D , Brea
Home at Last and Looking for Direction
2007-04-24 18:15:00 I’m home, finally, after a month on the road. 21 television appearances in 11 cities, a cruise for my mother’s 80th birthday, and an unexpected funeral. My web site’s in a sorry state and I haven’t blogged in ages. What should I write about? How a committed quality life with a partner is not only ... More About: Home , Last , King , Look , Dire
Denver?s ?Love and More? Man and More
2007-04-08 04:15:00 I’m going to be on Denver ’s KUSA-9 News at 4 on Monday, so I looked up the Denver Post’s Love and More blog by Doug Brown. A few weeks ago in a Google search, I discovered Doug’s blog entry on my press release weeks after he wrote it–Darn. My hub Dick, aka Rick, thinks his ...
The Virgin Book Tour: Thoughts about Love
2007-03-31 15:19:00 My friend Nancy came up with the title: The Virgin Book Tour . My very first time. Sometimes awkward, a bit scary and uncomfortable. Not quite natural yet. I haven’t been wildly happy with my delivery. I’m good enough for now but I’m not always spouting out the tightest sound bites. I woke up this morning with an ... More About: Love , Thoughts , About
On the Book Tour in San Diego
2007-03-31 14:09:00 I wrote this entry earlier this week: I woke up this morning thinking about what I said yesterday on KUSI’s Inside San Diego and San Diego’s Fox 6 Morning News. Charming Bill Griffith made Tuesday morning’s interview on KGTV-10 News easy, but did I say what I really want to say in the way I want ... More About: Book , Tour , E Book
I?m on TV! Order Men Are Easy in Book Sense?s Independent Bookstores!
2007-03-18 21:53:00 I’m on TV in San Diego on March 27. In April I’m on TV in Dallas (2 stations), Houston, Miami, Tampa, Nashville (2 stations), Atlanta, and Phoenix (3 stations). And that’s just the beginning. I’m contacting every Book Sense bookstore personally in those cities and making an effort to pitch them on the shows. With so ... More About: Books , Men , Store
The Book Is Launched?Am I?
2007-03-09 22:17:00 I wish I could blog out my first week of the Men Are Easy launch, blow by blow. I’m in a new learning curve, slammed with firsts. First book launch. First book launch trip. First book signing. First licensing agreement. First trip to a Borders where no one knew me to introduce myself and sign ... More About: Book , Launch , Launched , E Book
The Secret, Barbara Ehrenreich, Self Help B.S., and Oprah
2007-03-04 21:52:00 I’m watching Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed, on Book TV this morning. I should be paying bills, doing laundry, and getting ready for this incredibly busy week. Instead I’m reading her blog and listening to her beautiful, cogent views. She’s the one who went out into the work world with no job and ... More About: Oprah , Self , The Secret , Secret
The Official Men Are Easy Launch Press Release
2007-03-04 19:31:00 Here’s the press release that went out on Thursday, March 1, to over 5000 of my publicist’s contacts and also the prweb: Men Are Easy is Release d Today. Grab your copy of this groundbreaking book by Life Design Coach Lynn Rasmussen and have the relationship that you have always dreamed of. ?Love is simpler and relationships are more ... More About: Press Release , Press , Launch
Men Are Easy Is Officially Launched!
2007-03-03 10:40:00 March 1 was Men Are Easy ’s official pub date. Tuesday, March 6 at 6:30 is the first book signing at Border’s on Dairy Road in Kahului. Come if you’re on island! Last Saturday I was interviewed by wonderful Cecille Piros on KPMW-FM on Maui. Her enthusiasm for and understanding of Men Are Easy gave me the ... More About: Launch , Launched , Official
Sex ?For Better or Worse? Is Not Work
2007-02-20 16:01:00 Last week Nanette, my publicist, sent out the following press release. As of yesterday, according to prweb, it had over 101,000 views! Nothing like sex in the title to attract an audience. Sex ?For Bett er or Worse? Is Not Work Men are Easy - Lynn Rasmussen Spark the flames during this week of love No matter how hot the ...
Pet Training/Man Training
2007-02-11 17:55:00 Animal training applied to man training is not a new discovery. Amy Sutherland wrote a much-emailed, right on essay in the NY Times, What Shamu Taught Me about a Happy Marriage. A recent number of books have been published on how to train your husband like you train your dog. Think about this: In dog training ... More About: Training , Rain , Train , TRAI , Raining
Men Are Easy Is in Stores and Selling! And So Are GOGO Spike Angel Patents
2007-02-03 17:26:00 It’s here! You can now buy early release, autographed copies of Men Are Easy on Maui! The printer shipped early and I have 500 copies to sell. The rest are shipping out of the fulfillment house through my distributor Greenleaf Book Group on the mainland. I wasn’t prepared to not only author and market ... More About: Selling , Angel , Store , Stor
Words Women Use?Friendly Spam
2007-01-25 19:30:00 Here’s another one of those emails that everyone sends to everyone, this time to me from my friend, Virginia Fish. Who writes this stuff? Who are these people who just nail it? Is there a blog with just this stuff featured? My personal response to the list: I don’t do #1. I end it by ... More About: Women , Spam , Word , Men , Words
26, the Quarterlife Crisis, and Getting It Right
2007-01-18 19:19:00 My daughter Molly was on The Apprentice for a few brief moments on Sunday night, her 26th birthday was on Monday, and then on Tuesday I spotted a blog post by 26-year-old Maegan Carberry on Huffington Post’s Fearless Voices. Molly was an expert that helped one of The Apprentice teams design a swimwear line. Molly designs ... More About: Life , Arte , Right , Crisis , Isis
Happiness 210
2007-01-13 11:11:00 In Arianna Huffington’s Fearless Voices site, in a blog entry titled ?Happiness Is. . .?, Anastasia Goodstein writes about The N. Y. Times Magazine article “Happiness 101″ on Martin Seligman?s positive psychology. She questions psychoanalysis and a bit less so, psychotherapy, and then she cringes at, although supports, David Lynch?s efforts at ... More About: Ness
Hard Work the Easy Way
2007-01-12 19:12:00 Seth Godin’s Hard Work blog entry compares “one” to “or and the other” in business: Getting and MBA/Keeping your promises. Policies/Judgment. Offering the lowest rate for a cell phone/Not tricking customers with a bait and switch. He’s so good! I immediately ripped off his formatting and applied it to love and relationships: One Or and the other Commit ... More About: Easy , Easy Way
?For Better or Worse? Is Not Work
2007-01-08 03:01:00 Gabriella Boston’s December 31st Washington Times article, ‘For Bett er or Worse’ Takes Work , appeared on Diane Sollee’s smartmarriages.com newsletter on January 3. A number of marriage educators (Kuhlman, Arp, Gottman) and marriage education advocate Diane Sollee were interviewed for the article. The article is well-written and well-researched and I respect Ms. Boston?s reporting, but as a ...
Man/Woman Showering
2007-01-07 02:37:00 Wendy Hudson sent this at least a year ago, I lost it, and she found it on bedrockgirl’s blog. How To Show er Like a Man Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile. Walk naked to the bathroom. If you see wife along the way, shake wiener at ... More About: Woman , Ring , Oman , Howe
More on Tillie Olsen
2007-01-06 21:22:00 Thank you, Joan Strega, for a lovely and very personal tribute at blogcritics.com to Tillie Olsen ! blogcritics feminist writers Joan Strega Tillie Olsen More About: More
We Women Ironing: Tillie Olsen Has Died
2007-01-06 21:08:00 I read in the New York Times that Tillie Olsen has died. I read her story, As I Stand Ironing , for a literature class, and I have schlepped that anthology around for over thirty years. I pulled it out again today. “As I Stand Ironing” is the story of a working woman at her ironing board when ... More About: Women , Men , Died
Jude Law: Momporn Star
More articles from this author:2006-12-31 20:37:00 I tricked my husband into seeing The Holiday. Cameron Diaz did There’s Something about Mary and Jack Black is a guy’s guy, right? He rolled his eyes at the movie’s preoccupation with relationships. It’s a relatively new thing for my 60-something husband–this insight that the primary concern of young women is relationships–and, even though I spent ... More About: Jude Law , Star , Jude 1, 2, 3 |
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