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Christina Pesoli

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Christina Pesoli is a native Austinite, a writer, and the founder of Emotional Hardbody where she coaches women who are going through divorce, helping them to avoid common mistakes that make the process take longer and cost more.  Christina’s essays have appeared in a variety of publications, including the Huffington Post, Austin American Statesman’s Raising Austin, Notre Dame Magazine and KUT’s O’ Dark Thirty. 

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Should She Stay or Should She Go?

Emotional Hardbody Answers: Ex-husband's new girlfriend wants advice on marriage clash

By Christina Pesoli

05.13.13 | 10:45 am

Dear Emotional Hardbody, My ex-husband Bruce and I were married for seven years (no kids) and have been divorced for four years. We’re not best friends or anything, but ...


Emotional Hardbody

Emotional Hardbody answers: Are drinks before a school meeting against the rules?

By Christina Pesoli

04.10.13 | 10:36 am

Dear Emotional Hardbody, Last Wednesday there was a parents' meeting at 7 p.m. at my son’s elementary school. Another mom of a child in my son’s class ...


tough questions

Emotional Hardbody answers: How to keep sister's squeeze from souring family get-togethers

By Christina Pesoli

03.15.13 | 9:30 am

Dear Emotional Hardbody, My sister “Samantha” (who is single) is having an affair with “Chad,” a married man.   This has been going on for years now.   In her mind, she ...


Life Advice

Emotional Hardbody answers: If a friend thinks her husband isn't on Facebook, do you tell her he is?

By Christina Pesoli

02.15.13 | 10:20 am

Dear Emotional Hardbody, I am friends with someone named “Jenny.” Jenny and I work together, and while I don’t think of us as besties or anything, I do consider ...


Life Advice

Emotional Hardbody answers: Does guilt over ex's friend's affair pass the "tell" test?

By Christina Pesoli

01.28.13 | 11:33 am

Dear Emotional Hardbody, My husband Craig and I recently split up and are getting a divorce (Fun!). A couple of months before we split up, Craig told me that his ...


Life Advice

Emotional Hardbody answers: Coworker's copycat behavior not taken as a compliment

By Christina Pesoli

01.14.13 | 10:10 am

For the second installment of her new advice column, Emotional Hardbody takes on copycat behavior; it's time to get creative. Dear Emotional Hardbody, There’s this coworker of mine ...


Life Advice

Emotional Hardbody answers: Daughter's secret cell phone highlights parental disconnect

By Christina Pesoli

01.02.13 | 11:40 am

This week, we're pleased to introduce our new advice columnist, Emotional Hardbody. For the first installment, she takes on complicated family issues, broken promises and stealthy behavior. Dear Emotional ...


school of life

Season's grievings: Post Sandy Hook, I'm observing 28 Days of Anger, not 12 days of Christmas

By Christina Pesoli

12.21.12 | 1:45 pm

I’m having a hard time moving on after the Sandy Hook tragedy. Maybe it’s because we have had so many of these mass killings recently. Or perhaps it ...


Thou Shalt Not Steal Much?

Why being surrounded by conservative Christian Republicans makes me covet a security system

By Christina Pesoli

11.02.12 | 2:00 pm

I'm thinking about getting a home security system, and boy do I resent it.  Security systems go against the whole 1970s-liberal-Democrat-spirit of my upbringing.   Guarding your house was a ...


Are You There God? It's Me, Christina.

The Church of Social Justice vs. Conservatism: Why this Catholic girl is praying for a schism

By Christina Pesoli

08.27.12 | 12:01 pm

“Dear Father in Heaven…If you're up there and you can hear me, show me the way.  I'm at the end of my rope.  Show me the way ...


School of Life

How to survive your kid's stint at summer camp without ending up at the funny farm

By Christina Pesoli

07.19.12 | 10:59 am

Not everybody loves the summer camp experience, especially not at first. It can take a while to adjust to the different routine: Key players on the home team are suddenly ...


School of Life

Using the Texas Republican Party Platform as a cheat sheet for defending private school education

By Christina Pesoli

07.10.12 | 10:35 am

If you’re a Texas Democrat who sends your kids to private school, I’ve got some great news for you! The Texas Republican delegates met last month in Fort ...


Doubling Down on Shacking Up

Why questions about not popping the question make me say "I don't"

By Christina Pesoli

06.05.12 | 3:02 pm

“How do you explain to your daughter that you and your boyfriend live together without being married?”   That was the question put to me recently by Sharon, who is more ...


School of life

Celebrity Role Model Couples: What they are and why you might need one

By Christina Pesoli

05.26.12 | 7:14 pm

No break up is easy, but this one hit me really hard. For the longest time I thought everything was fine. Then suddenly rumors started swirling around about trouble in ...


Leave it to Bully

Is Romney less Father Knows Best and more Eddie Haskell with a mean streak?

By Christina Pesoli

05.22.12 | 3:05 pm

Mitt Romney has always struck me as the Ward Cleaver type. With his “Gee, whiz” vocabulary and stuffed shirt style, watching this 1950s-esque candidate on the 2012 campaign trail feels ...


Mothers' Day every day

Three baby steps to help you through the tougher stretches of parenting

By Christina Pesoli

05.12.12 | 10:00 am

I hadn’t seen my friend Emily in a few months, and a lot had happened since then. The biggest? She had given birth to her first baby — and she ...


Got Shock?

Why Time Magazine's shocking cover photo doesn't do nursing moms any favors

By Christina Pesoli

05.11.12 | 2:28 pm

When it comes to the acceptability of breastfeeding, Time Magazine just turned back the clock fifty years.  The cover photo for the May 21, 2012 issue depicts an attractive twenty-something ...


life advice

Time to upset the apple cart? How to tell if your marriage is bruised or rotten to the core

By Christina Pesoli

05.06.12 | 12:00 pm

My friend Felicity’s marriage was on the rocks. Over the years she and her husband had been to three separate marriage counselors, but their problems were only getting worse ...


Seven Signs of an Emotional Coward

A totally biased and not-at-all politically correct guide to avoiding Mr. Wrong

By Christina Pesoli

04.29.12 | 9:00 am

Are you a woman in your early thirties or beyond? Are you tired of going from one dead-end relationship to the next? Do you still hold out hope that you ...


tax season

The Friendship Portfolio: Which of your friends are too taxing and which yield a good return on your investment?

By Christina Pesoli

04.16.12 | 12:30 pm

Stressed out over money? You’re in good company. Approximately 99 percent of your fellow countrymen are. There’s nothing quite like the double-whammy of the IRS tax filing deadline ...


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