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Category Archives: Self
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
Learning to Stop Short!
Nope, I'm not talking about brake slamming and whiplash; I’m talking about stopping yourself from going “over the line”. These past few weeks, I’ve conducted very un-scientific and statistically improper study and it seems as though women I talk to are … Continue reading
Posted in Self, Wellness
4,838 Comments
Will you be making end of year “stock”?
Last year about this time I wrote about Taking Stock. My thought was to use the holiday season, typically fraught with hustle, bustle and social obligations (aka overload), to breathe, reflect on the past year and what you want out … Continue reading
Posted in Seeds, Self, Topics, Uncategorized, Wellness
Tagged new years resolutions, take stock
3,849 Comments
Our Quest for Balance
I have little balance in my life. And I am o.k. with it. See, I’m impaired from the get go, I have an inner-ear disorder called Menieres that while it's very manageable, affects my balance, my real balance. So everyday … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Self, Topics, Wellness
9,695 Comments