If you’ve ever watched the TV program Hoarders, you may have been mystified and horrified by the conditions these people allow themselves to live in. Their lives are defined and consumed by the stuff they collect. Many times it’s junk that has little or no value yet the things they cannot let go of. Strangely, [...]
Today is the day to remind women that their $1 dollar purchase will cost them $1.23 from their salary. Equal Pay Day is meant to draw attention to the fact that there is a gender pay gap still in existence where women are predominantly short changed. Most of the articles written about this topic focus on the [...]
What I want to share with you over several posts is how your thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes are actually your brain’s default neural network that’s been established over time. When it comes time to act, these are patterns that translate into your natural behavior responses. These neural pathways have a lot to say about your [...]
When it comes to choices, mothers can rethink their options. In a just released Pew Research Center study, survey results indicate that when it comes to attitudes of working mothers with young children, slightly over 40% are comfortable with the idea of part time work, 30% prefer staying home and only16% are okay being full [...]
Sometimes you have to wonder about men. Despite the fact that our local stores have been promoting Valentine’s Day every since the New Year’s celebration displays came down and TV promotions for special Valentine floral bouquets have blitzed the airwaves, my dear husband looked up at me and with all earnestness asked if today was [...]
For those not accustomed to mind games, puzzles and brain teasers, it does feel like brain persecution when trying to solve a problem that initially makes no sense. Your brain quickly goes wonky as you try everything you know. You come to realize that your brain is caught in a maze of dead-end turns. Frustrated, [...]
It’s only during a few brief teenage years when you think you know-it-all. Actually that blissful ignorance quickly evaporates as you come up against reality. The same can be said for us as adults who have been lulled into career and job security. Suddenly we hit a brick wall to find that some of what [...]
Previously I had written about Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini as part of a remarkable woman series. Like so many remarkable women, few of us had never heard of her or knew of her contributions. There were two things that stood out. The first was her ground breaking research and second that she was still professionally [...]
The recommendation is for women to “…stop preaching to other women to change.” That surely pulls the carpet out from programs and enterprises women have heavily invested in to address gender imbalances in the workforce. Not that it hasn’t been a worthwhile pursuit, however Avivath Wittenberg-Cox, author of How Women Mean Business and a [...]
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