Welcome to Jill's Blog
Brave, Beautiful, You!Home – a Joyful place to be
My goal has always been to make home safe for my kids. I wanted their world to be as accepting as possible as my home of origin was not often emotionally safe. This goal became even more important when my divorce created two homes for my younger kids. I have always...
Want to Know More About Your Personality?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of your personality style? What types of things are you really good at? What are your personality gifts? What areas might require a little work and attention? *** DISCOVER YOUR PERSONALITY STYLE *** Learn to work with your...
Personality Styles and Sales
Have you ever been in a client relationship and had a real struggle to understand how best to meet their needs? We all know that the best selling relationships happens when we find our clients need and fill it.The best way to understanding yourself and your client is...
Just Ask Jill 3
Q: My son is twelve going on twenty. He’s decided that he’s getting too old to have his mother tell him what to do. When I ask him to clean his room or take out the trash he either ignores me or gives me a lot of attitude. His Dad is out of town three weeks out...
Just Ask Jill 2
Q: I have been married over a year now. I love my husband and most of the time we get along really well. We enjoy doing things together, like the same kind of people and agree on most things. There’s only one problem. Several times in the last couple of months...
What’s In a Name?
This January I am truly starting my life as a new person. Or as my old self. In December I received legal permission to change my name from Packard to Davis. Davis is my maiden name. The name I was given at birth. When I introduce myself to people I have met in...
Just ask Jill 1
Q: I am in the middle of a family “feud”. My elderly father has created an uncomfortable dynamic in the family. He calls each of us and seems to want to agitate us and create conflict between the siblings. It’s like he wants us to talk only to him and not to each...
Real Friendship
I recently had a coffee with a used to be friend from High School. We were that kind of friend that connected deeply for a short time and then lost track, so it's been almost 30 years since we've spoken. The same thing happened again, when we met for coffee, it was a...
Kids, Kids, Kids
How did this happen? My baby is not only 23 but is about ready to graduate from college. A feat I never managed to accomplish. I know, this is very cliche but cliches all have a grain of truth. When we first brought him home from the hospital and laid him in his crib...