Lessons From The Cat In The Hat | Thing 1 and Thing 2
Judging Other People & Yourself — Part 1 Thing Two: Don’t belittle me. The Cat: Ah, yes of course. Thing 2 would like to clarify that just because he wears the number 2 does not imply in any way that he’s inferior to Thing 1. Thing Two: And all of the above. The Cat: He [...]
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6 Steps To Banish The Inner Critic (Taming of your shrew)
The Day I woke up a failure. Full blown, no holds barred. “I’ll never get my 2011 goals done.” “I won’t follow the goals anyway.” “I’ll never earn money again.” “I only shoveled a narrow path through the snow on the one side of the house, not the full sidewalk. I’m so lazy.” “The house [...]
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Naughty or Nice – “Santa’s” standards for girls/women
Dear Santa, My friends and I want presents this year but we’re not sure if we met the standards for being a nice girl(s). Here’s the list of things we did that some people told us we shouldn’t do. I spoke up for myself rather than agreeing with what the others in the group wanted. [...]
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3 Things To Know About Aging | Adios Barbie
I am a lucky duck. I lived to see another birthday (on the 19th). My November 16th guest blog post on 3 things to know about aging at The Mother Load was picked up by Adios Barbie – a site that advocates for healthy body image. Since I’m embarking on being a year older it [...]
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Learn 11 New Things & Add 1 Of Your Own
I so enjoyed reading 10 Things You May Not Know About Me by Kris O’Connor at The Heart and Humor of Being Human that I decided to follow her lead with my own version, but I’m making it 11 things, just to switch it up a bit. 1.Growing up my mom and I always wore [...]
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Appreciation & Gratitude For Not Being Homeless
What’s the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it? #Reverb #10 One thing. Hmmm… Well today it’s having a house with heat. It was 17 degrees outside this morning and the wind was blowing and I was able to be inside and toasty [...]
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Are You Buying Gender Specific Toys As Gifts?
This past weekend provided a clear dose of the nurture portion of how girls learn that certain things are for girls and certain things are for boys. I had my 3 year-old foster granddaughter for the weekend. It was a wonderful visit. (Much as I want to share a picture, the rules of foster care [...]
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How are you shedding the need to be perfect today? | Take action
Erin Margolin author of The Mother Load is an impressive woman who doesn’t yet know how impressive she is. Her inner shrew/critic keeps her guessing. But her following post tells the story of leaving behind something she thought she needed to do to be a perfect mom. Progress. A new path. She’s leaving behind perfectionist [...]
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Bro’ Hugs Bad? | 21st Century Leadership
Hugs As A Sign Of Weakness Lawrence Kudlow, columnist, economist and CNBC TV commentator saw this hug between President Obama and out-going Chief of Staff Emanuel as a sign of weakness. Kudlow explained his feelings (should I use the word feelings or does it make Kudlow seem weak?) by saying: “Remember, this is on global [...]
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“40 Young Pretty Girls Walk Runway For 80 Recruiting CEO’s” – Chengdu, China
I’m speechless. If you want more information on this <speechless brain can’t determine the adjective> practice click here and here.
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