Never in a million years would anyone guessed that a container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal would shut down global trade routes for almost a week. The cost to the economy was about $400 million for each hour of blockage, while tugboats tried to free it. Quickly a grim reality set in as […]
What It Means To Be An Adoptee
Adoption is still offered up as an alternative for couples facing infertility, or as an idea of offering a permanent home to a child healing from past traumas, or as a motivation or desire to provide a home for a child in need. For those individuals who grew up never knowing anyone who was adopted, you […]
Workplace Harassment and Male Allies
Like most women between 1960 and the late 1990s we grew up regularly listening to the misogynistic rhetoric used by our male family members, college professors, and in the workplace. Most women never gave much thought to just how inappropriate the hostility was that we faced on a regular basis while navigating our encounters with […]
Do You Have to Be Part of a Movement to Be Impactful?
So much of our lives are spent working, raising our family, and then taking care of our aging parents later on. If you weren’t raised in an activist family, you may have grown up believing that this is something “those other people” do. Besides, who has time in their busy lives for activism or to […]
A Letter to the First Man I Ever Loved, My Dad – Part II
In my last posting titled “A Letter to the First Man I Ever Loved, My Dad” I wrote about the development of young girls and how our fathers are our first role models. In life we develop a strong sense of our value and worth (good or bad) through this lens. I also talked about […]
Your Speaking Voice
Public speaking is challenging and not for the faint hearted, so I am sharing tips on how to improve your speaking skills both in the workplace and in public. Early in my career I joined Toastmasters International, a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of local clubs that can be […]
A Letter to the First Man I Ever Loved, My Dad
Some points we’ll cover include: – Fathers as role models – Givers and takers in relationships – The profile of the giver and taker – The brokenness of the giver/taker relationship It’s no easy task raising daughters to become well-adjusted adults. As our first role model, girls learn how to love and experience life through the […]
It’s 2021 – Please Stop Judging Women
Vogue magazine’s planned release of the February 2021 limited edition covers, featuring Kamala Harris wearing Converse sneakers and casual clothes, sparked ire on social media, causing users to question why Vogue would choose the image over the more formal online cover featuring Harris in a powder blue Michael Kors suit in front of a gold background. […]
No Games, Just Sports
From tennis to swimming and soccer, female athletes are at the top of their game right now, but they are still not receiving the support that men do. The problem isn’t just that there is a gender pay gap that exists in sports…and in the workplace — it’s the average woman’s inability to play games […]
Selling To Women
Women in the U.S. held the majority of jobs for the first time in almost a decade at 50.04% as of December 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Women also control spending and drive spending decisions in most American households. My experiences making purchases tell me that many salespeople are clueless, and desperately […]