…. People Who Take Up Too Much Space originally posted (2/2103) There are people who will insert themselves onto various aspects of your life script, e.g., they want to be involved in whatever you’re doing, even if you don’t want or need their input. Rebecca had a college roommate, Roxie, who is a classic page hog. She had to comment … Continue reading
The More Things Change, They Stay the Same
(originally posted 2/2013) This expression was at the front of my mind this week when I ran into a woman I worked with at my first company after graduate school, over thirty years ago. We have run into each other every once in a while and have followed each others careers and families from afar. When she asked what I … Continue reading
Critic(al) Thinking
Critics are all around us; using words, body language and actions to convey their opinions, ideas and feelings. It could be someone’s raised eyebrows when they look disapprovingly at your wardrobe selection, a teacher or boss who says you’re not working to your potential, people commenting about the weight you’ve gained, potential romantic partners who don’t call when they say … Continue reading
Executive Feminism in 3′s
This week we are featuring a blog written by Whitney Johnson and Lisa Joy Rosner, where the authors describe executive feminism and how it can help more that just the top tier. “Mayer, Sandberg, Slaughter: Driving Change, at a Cost” describes how Melissa Mayer, Sheryl Sandberg and Ann Marie Slaughter are making noise in a way that could help working … Continue reading
Until Death Do Us Part
…………………maybe I spent the last weekend celebrating the marriage of two wonderful people, having known the groom all of his life and watched him grow into an incredibly smart, funny and genuinely nice person. His older brother – a talented musician and sensitive soul – was married 6 months ago, giving our group of friends an opportunity of double celebrations … Continue reading
Fair Pay for Women
… Lily Ledbetter & Me April 9 is National Fair Pay Day as designated by Presidential Proclamation. One Tuesday in April is designated to indicate the pay gap between men and women. Simply put, with women only earning 77 cents to every dollar for men, we work one day (Monday) free each week. Read more about this holiday at: http://www.pay-equity.org/day.html. … Continue reading
You, You & You
… Code Switching Our Various Roles In any given day or week, you will transition between multiple roles that may include daughter, student, advisor, athlete, colleague, parent, friend, romantic partner. Each role can be dynamic, yet distinct, and effectively moving between our various ‘characters’ may come naturally for some; less so for others. The way you use language and the … Continue reading
Leaning In
………… Necessary, but Not Sufficient I have been fully prepared not to like Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In. The Facebook COO is beautiful, privileged, brilliant, successful (career, husband, children) and incredibly wealthy. The hype around the book has been that women are holding themselves back from complete success. They need to “lean in” and fully commit to making their careers … Continue reading
Losing to Love
…coming in 2nd Just thinking about romance, it’s easy to envision long strolls, flirtatious phone calls and all the couples’ sorts of things. Deciding how a romantic partner impacts your other relationships is easily overlooked until it’s too late. Dynamic Duos Emily and Rebecca had been friends since they met in elementary school. They played together as girls, experimented … Continue reading
