‘You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the…
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Success, Like Raising a Baby, Takes a Village (Book Review – “Pressure Cooker – Lessons from a woman at work.”)
Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you ~ Misty Copeland I have the privilege of knowing a young woman who is exceptionally successful in her chosen career: capital investment. Last year, she initiated a women-only networking event that she calls…
The man Who Feels
I read this post on my brother’s blog and I loved it because the issue of toxic masculinity is really close to my heart. Sharing is caring. Have a read and share your thoughts. Orphaning Out “Because I was not superhuman, I was just a human, and my attempts to be this Superman, this Telon…
Women@Work: Competing Paradigms, Scrambled Brains and Michelle Obama
source “For me, being a mother made me a better professional, because coming home every night to my girls reminded me what I was working for. And being a professional made me a better mother, because by pursuing my dreams, I was modeling for my girls how to pursue their dreams.” ~ Michelle Obama Although…
My Postpartum Wellness and Weightloss-then-Gain-then-Loss again Journey
“Don’t let your mind bully your body.” ~ seen somewhere on the Internet Did you know that when you have a baby you also get a bonus gift? An entirely new body. It sounds a bit like a joke and sometimes I actually find the degree of truth in this hilarious but I am serious….
No Matter Where You Are From, Your Dreams Are Valid. Just Ask Steve Harvey.
“No matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid.” ~ Lupita Nyong’o. Steve Harvey loves to tell the story of how, when he was much younger and still in school, a teacher asked each child in his class to write down what his/her dreams were (That is what they wanted to be when they grew up)….
Are You the Flea in the Lidded Jar? Am I?
“You have to aspire to something so great that you have to have God’s help.” ~ Steve Harvey I am planning for 2019 and in so doing, I have heeded to oft-repeated call to set goals so big that they frighten me. The trouble is this… they frighten me. I am genuinely afraid. Afraid of…
Tis’ the Season for Reflection and Gratitude
“Learn to be thankful for what you already have while you pursue all that you want.” ~ Jim Rohn The holiday season is upon us and as the businesses around us prepare to take a break for this annual period of rest, it makes sense that the weekly women@work feature takes a little Christmas break…
Women@Work Wednesday: You can have it all… Just not at the same time
“The obligation for working mothers is a very precise one: the feeling that one ought to work as if one did not children while raising one’s children as if one did not have a job.” ~ Annabel Crabb The “all” in “having it all” is different for each one of us. In an ideal world,…
