Lee Woodruff

SPEAKER – AUTHOR – EXECUTIVE MEDIA TRAINER

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Article in Parade: Coming Back to Life

Hi there!  I recently published an article in Parade on the importance of struggle, survival, and staying positive. As the nation roots for Gabrielle Giffords’s recovery, the wife of ABC’s Bob Woodruff talks about the long road back from brain injury By Lee Woodruff  After my husband, Bob, called to tell me about the shooting of  ...

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PART THREE– LIFE AFTER COLLEGE DROP OFF

Many parents are taken by surprise by how “plain old sad” they feel in the aftermath of a child’s departure.  When the first kid goes off to college, your own parents ( the college kid’s grandparents) are most likely more fragile or have died.  That may add an intensity to the sense of loss for the sandwich generation.  ...

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COLLEGE DROP-OFF DAY — PART 2

OK—the big day has arrived (or almost).  Know that you have done your job.  Your goal is for them to be happy, safe, well-adjusted and content. As you pull away from campus after hugs and good byes, it’s going to be up to that son or daughter to make proper decisions and to move in the right direction. Although your job as a parent  ...

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