In Your 60′s – When The Only Job You’ll Be Hired For Is Grandmother (except if you’re Barbara Walters)
Bounding off the sliding board and leaning forward in a full bore run, my granddaughter – grinning wide – raced toward my open arms. I twirled her til we were both dizzy. Then she wrapped her arms and legs around me and hung tight. For a long time. We hadn’t seen each other in over [...]
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Rebuttal to Men Hate To Give Women Feedback
Really? Men hate to give women feedback? Sweet geezus. If this is happening on a significant scale, then everyone’s losing big: Men – who are missing opportunities to improve their communication practices AND aren’t developing their female subordinates Women – who are missing growth producing insights AND missing the chance to build a stronger relationship [...]
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3 Costs To Business When An Employee Doesn’t Speak Up
“After more that two years of not being reviewed or given a raise, I finally spoke up and asked ‘Isn’t it time I got a raise?’” Laura (not real name) provided this comment as part of a discussion during my presentation The High Cost of Silence. The Emotional and Financial Price of Not Speaking Up [...]
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What Bra Shopping Taught Me About Perceptions & Value Judgments
Bra shopping. I hate it. As do most women. I hate it because it’s damn impossible to find a size 38 A bra. Bra designers mistakenly believe that if your circumference is bigger than a 34 or 36 than your cup size has to be bigger than an A. After sinking into a cauldron of [...]
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When An Ordinary Life Is The New Extraordinary Life
When was the last time you paused to reflect on what you’ve accomplished? On what a good person you are? If you’re similar to many women, it’s been a long time. My Experience When I wrote my e-book, there was a section highlighting how I came to the point of helping women get unstuck [...]
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Mental Health Rx – NPR vs. Rocking Out With Music
The radio in my car is set to my local NPR station. I enjoy listening to the shows of Kojo Nnamdi, Diane Rehm, Terry Gross and more. They stimulate my brain. I keep up with what’s going on in the world. I hear different points of view. But… I miss the every-part-of-my-being stimulation and curative [...]
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Are you stuck because you’re listening to others rather than yourself?
My garage door was stuck…again. I was shoving hard to get it to move. (from Gary Larson, Far Side.com) Then I lightened up and with that, the door flew open. Life always offers lessons if we pay attention. I sighed as I thought of myself as the door. The innumerable times in my life when [...]
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Stop Prefacing What You Want To Say With Disclaimers
Stop prefacing what you want to say with things like: I know I don’t have much experience in this but… This may sound stupid but…. I haven’t really thought this through but… I probably shouldn’t be saying this but… Be strong; be bold and say what you think without discrediting it or minimizing it before [...]
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Saundra Adams-grieving mom, powerful grandmother & leader
Saundra Adams is the mother of a young woman who was murdered while 7 months pregnant with Saundra’s grandson, Lee. Today she continues to be the single grandmother to 12 year old Lee who was deprived of oxygen while his mother bled out, resulting in cerebral palsy. Her leadership skills include: successfully coordinating a cadre [...]
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Can women handle conflict when they value relationships above all else?
First the research Neuropsychiatrist Dr. Louann Brizendine discovered that women are neurologically designed to connect. She said in the NYT’s best seller The Female Brain, that from the time women are babies you: Value relationships more than almost anything else. Can interpret social cues and alter your behavior depending on the reaction from people around [...]
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