I am a speech-language pathologist. Part of my work is to teach teens strategies to become better social communicators, forge connections with others, and navigate socially problematic situations effectively. In other words, I teach them how to be a friend. As a working mother in her forties my friendships with others have been extremely difficult… Read More Dear Friend
Because of some significant changes job-wise, I’ve found my anxiety level rising more and more every day. And as my anxiety level rises, I’m noticing just how much I’m overworking to try to not feel my feelings. I’ve struggled with my mental health since my early 20’s. I have an anxiety disorder and my therapist… Read More Managing Anxiety by Overworking (AKA My Current Situation)
A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times printed an article entitled Speaking While Female; Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Why Women Stay Quiet at Work written by Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, and founder of LeanIn.org, an organization dedicated to empowering women and Adam Grant,a professor at the prestigious Wharton School of Business.… Read More Speak Up! Finding Your Voice at Work
“You can’t always get what you want But if you try sometime you find You get what you need” The Rolling Stones I have always loved music. As long as I can remember, I’ve listened and sung along to top 40 radio, classic rock, MTV (when they played music), and, as I matured further explored… Read More This Week The Universe Called…
By now, just about anyone with access to the internet has seen Kim Kardashian’s latest publicity stunt – coyly smiling over her shoulder as she bares her glistening and clearly Photoshopped posterior at the camera – the tagline #BreakTheInternet emblazoned across the bottom (pun intended!) of the photo encouraging her fans to re-Tweet, re-Gram or… Read More #MomsAreSexy
We all have a best girlfriend. The one (or two) you call to gripe to when your husband, boss, random stranger does something supremely annoying, who has a glass of wine and a willing ear at the ready when you have to get away from your daily routine, or when your kids come home with… Read More Important Things I Learned from My Mom’s Best Friends
What’s with us? Women, I mean. It seems that everything I read, everything I see, almost every woman I speak to – mother or not and across all age groups – feels like she’s never “enough,” she needs to be more. Thinner, stronger, in better shape. More attractive, plucked, waxed, stylish. Doing more for our… Read More Enough Is Enough
“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.” ~Josh Billings Josh Billings was the pen-name of Henry Wheeler Shaw, an 19th century humorist and writer who was well known in his time and often compared to Mark Twain. And if Billings was… Read More Hail to the No
Have you ever had a bad dream that was so vivid that you woke up thinking it was a reality? That was me this past week when I woke up at 3:00 a.m., sweating, from a dream that was so terrifying I couldn’t even fathom that to some, it’s their life. The dream began with… Read More Making a Difference from a Bad Dream
Lately I’ve been thinking about my career, or lack thereof. While I have a part-time marketing job that’s enjoyable and fairly low-key and low-stress, it’s also teetering at the bottom end of the pay scale. It’s a job, not a career, with a small, family owned company and there aren’t any advancement opportunities. As with… Read More Opting Out, Opting In, or Having Few Options
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