It’s early in the new year and it’s already started – continuous ads and gimmicks for getting back in shape, losing weight, quitting a bad habit, becoming more organized, overcoming financial challenges & debt and appreciating friends and family. Don’t get me wrong. These are all laudable and customary areas to enhance, but will they provide a way for you … Continue reading
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Resolve to Make Things Better
Usually at this time of year we are all full of thoughts about the year past and what we want for ourselves in the year to come. This year, I resolve to set broader goals and I challenge you to do the same. Catalyst just released a report entitled Read it and Weep: Women’s Leadership Still Stalled in Corporate America. … Continue reading
Women Can Change the World
“The world will be saved by the Western woman” This message from the Dalai Lama, the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner, was delivered during the Vancouver Peace Summit in September 2009. It has made the rounds on various Twitter and blog feeds and should make us all sit up straighter and understand that women do have the power to change … Continue reading
Taking Control
What’s Can You Control? You cannot control the weather but you can remember to carry an umbrella or wear weather appropriate clothing. You cannot control where you were born or wrongs done to you in your youth. But you can control your outlook on your future and what lessons you learn from your past. You cannot control your height or … Continue reading
THANKS: Giving & Giving Back
Forward LWP is forwarding a powerful message from a true leading woman, Francine LeFrak. Francine is a successful Broadway, television and movie producer. Her most recent production, Same Sky, is helping to empower women throughout the world by providing employment to HIF-positive women in Rwanda and Zambia. The message from Francine is one of giving thanks, and the moving experience … Continue reading
Renegotiating Relationships
As my parents aged, I needed to change my relationship with them. Accepting that they had evolving needs as a result of aging and required my support in physical and emotional ways was hard for me and required thoughtful effort. But these changes were obvious when I took a step back. And, I understood they needed me to make their … Continue reading
Turning Back the Clock
Last Sunday, Daylight Savings Time came to an end and there were numerous reminders to turn our clocks back one hour. This moved me to think about regrets and if we were able to go back in time, would we do things differently? Looking Back, Looking Forward Regret is common, but the extent to which we let it dominate our … Continue reading
Make Your “Ding”
Many Steve Jobs’ tributes in the recent month have included eloquent speeches and list of accomplishments. My favorite was his simple comment:”I want to put a ding in the universe.” Make a Ding, Make a Difference There is a universal need to be recognized and heard and to have an impact. We all want to feel that our lives matter … Continue reading
Dreaming in Black and White
Last month, LWP Christine and I traveled with Women for Women International (WFWi) to Bosnia. While there are still many bullet-riddled building and other reminders of the horrific fighting that occurred during the 90’s, what’s remarkable is the dichotomy of progress and the pre-war politics that endure. Women for Women Prior to the trip, I read books about the break … Continue reading
Women and World Peace
Taking Responsibility The Nobel Peace Prize will go to three women activists this year. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee are cited for their work in freeing Liberia from the tyranny of the past. Tawakkul Karman is the third recipient and she has worked for peace and freedom in Yemen. One only has to watch Abigail Disney’s excellent … Continue reading
