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Taking One For The Team
There’s a new guy in my life. We started living together 2 weeks ago attempting to get used to each other day by day. We’re really quite different. He’s happy and giddy every morning, me, maybe two out of seven. … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships, Self
5,292 Comments
Rant of an Experienced Failure
I’ve failed too many times to count. There have been the little failures like raffles I didn't win some raffle or contest, incomplete crosswords, diets that fell off the wagon and incomplete New Year’s resolutions. There have been bigger failures … Continue reading
Go ahead, procrastinate, but just a little!
Be honest, are you getting lost for hours in Facebook statuses of long lost "friends" instead of doing the report due at 5:00? Cleaning you office instead of having that heart-to-heart talk with your boss or maybe even your partner? … Continue reading
Give a little, Get a hell of a lot.
I write a lot about finding our your own version of success, improving your own life, and how to muddle through the trials, tribulations and hard choices to make that happen. But lets be honest, it is pretty self-centered. I … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Self, Topics
Tagged Ellen Schwartz, phyllis moen, Project Giveback, volunteering
4,516 Comments
International Women’s Day
Each year around the world, International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8. Thousands of events occur around the world on this day and often throughout the entire month of March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Self, Topics
Tagged Gloria Steinem, international women's day, madeline albright, Rosie the Riveter
6,143 Comments
Vulnerability can be beautiful. Or so they say.
O.K. January was clearly not my month. My mom was in the hospital in NYC, tons of deadlines and 3 nasty vertigo attacks from Menieres that rattled me to the core. One even ended with me in emergency, however, it … Continue reading
Self Confidence…Again
You know how some days you can feel like you can do anything, and other well, you don't? Well I have had a few of those days lately and needed a a bit of a self confidence boost. So, when … Continue reading
With a little bit of Bloomin’ luck!
After speaking at the annual World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, where Sheryl Sandberg’s subject surprisingly wasn’t the pending Facebook IPO, but women, she has come under public fire for sounding too elitist, too out of touch with the plight of … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Financial Success, Topics
Tagged Facebook, google, rebecca rosen, Sheryl Sandberg, Sylvia Ann Hewitt, world economic forum
5,102 Comments
Getting rid of a friend, could you do it?
Reading the New York Times on Sunday, I came across the article, It’s not me, it’s you, written by Alex Williams. Williams explores what I think is a very interesting topic, the delicate task of ending friendships, particularly female friendships. … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships, Topics, Wellness
Tagged alex williams, friendships, laura cartensen
4,089 Comments
Do you know what month it is?
I do. January is National Mentoring Month. Created in 2002 by the Harvard School of Public Health and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, National Mentoring Month focuses national attention on the need for mentors, as well as how each of us—individuals, … Continue reading