Husband v. Wife
Over the recent couple of decades, due to economic and socio-political changes, the unspoken code about the roles of husband and wife can no longer be assumed and more to the point -- is in a process of reconstruction.
Woman vs. Girl
While feminists made “woman” a hard and fast rule, could it be time to reopen the case?
Women & Venture Capital - Is it a Rite of Passage Into Our Power?
Every day we hear about incredible improvements in the financial status of women. The numbers look good. But there is still an important area lacking – women’s access to big business funding. Venture Capital. Can a woman grow a really big, world-changing business if she doesn’t have big investors in on the plan? And if she needs them, where can she find them?
Healthy Aggression in Girls
Anger and physical aggression in girls and women are typically deemed inappropriate. We are taught to deny, suppress and hide these feelings. When they do show up, we tend to feel shame or guilt and try even harder to rein them in. This doesn’t always work out so well. What if girls could own their aggression and even felt entitled to it?
The Ambiguity in Women's Lives
A good friend revealed to me recently that when she first got married, she found herself doing all sorts of “Little Miss Homemaker things.” She was ironing her husband’s shirts, making him lunch, and waiting for him to come home at the end of the day. “I have never ironed in my life!” she said. “I don’t know what came over me.” This was a woman who had been on her own for 15 years, was successful in her career, and was what most would call an “independent woman.”
Women as Peacemakers
With more women at the table of diplomatic, economic, and political leadership who take with them their natural feminine strengths of compassion, empathy, and unconditional love – we will see some great changes taking place.
Women: Changing the Fate of Our Global Future
“In many parts of the world, women are routinely beaten, raped or sold into prostitution. They are denied access to medical care, education and economic and political power. Changing that could change everything.”
Making More Money Than Your Man
What would it be like if you made more money than your husband or your boyfriend or your father? For some of you, you are already in this position. For others, what once seemed like a faraway possibility, is now closer in view.
The Anti-Affirmation
I have heard it said over and over in the personal growth world that in order to reach your potential, you must “embrace your dark side,” or “shadow.” What the heck does this mean? I thought for years. What dark side?
Pleasure or Pain: take your pick
As a Buddhist practitioner you learn that lust, greed and desire are negative qualities – hindrances on the path to enlightenment and in some texts, even evil. You learn that sensual pleasures are better left renounced and the body just a vehicle to be trained and overcome. It was 12 years ago when I embarked on my Buddhist journey — sitting for 10-day silent meditation retreats at...
Women Bullies
Many of us are familiar with teen bullying. If you didn’t see Mean Girls with Lindsay Lohan, you probably heard about it. Girls being mean to girls — backstabbing, back-talking and sabotaging. Pretty depressing, but pretty true. Where does this come from and does it go away as we get older or actually get worse? ...
Women's Stories to Change the World
Through my travels, I found, ironically, that the farther I moved away from my comfort zone and the familiar, the closer I actually felt to the truth of my very own self. So what was keeping me from writing my book? Were my stories not worth telling?
Why Do Women Feel They Need Permission?
My husband is often surprised to learn that when I seem, to him, to make a decision, I haven’t really made it at all. “Haven’t you already decided to do that?” he asks. Coming from a male viewpoint, my husband can’t quite understand why I need to discuss the same thing multiple times and have it reflected back to me and affirmed by multiple girlfriends before I actually DO what I say I am going to do….
Women Who Wear Power Well
I don’t know about you, but I am practically just as excited to have Michelle Obama in the White House as I am her husband, Barack Obama. I am finding myself totally drawn to this new female role model — smart, sexy, motherly, proud, independent, supportive to her husband and family. She seems to be carrying it all in one package, or at least that’s how it appears. Maybe this package isn’t new, but it feels new to me….
