Poor confidence creates a cascade of challenges in a woman’s life. Everything from financial difficulties to body image issues to relationship problems can be traced back to this one, deeply disturbing and hard to tackle issue for women. The conditions required to generate confidence early on in life are multidimensional and include everything from how […]
Decolonize (v.) To release from rulership To allow (a colony) to become self-governing or independent To free a colony to become self-governing or independent I used to avoid conflict like the plague. I genuinely believed that if I spoke up for myself, if I preferred something different than someone I loved or if I showed […]
Last night I sat across from a smart, strong and energetic 14 year-old who passionately pronounced to me, “I’m not into this whole women’s empowerment thing.” I took a deep breath, adjusted my seat and put my personal beliefs on hold for a moment so I could really listen and understand where this young woman was […]
The last year has brought an onslaught of difficult conversations into my life. Between my friends, family and clients there has been a lot to tell the truth about, clarify and clean up. Although the “good-girl, relational, wanting to be loved” part of me has to deal with stomach churning nausea and the impulse to […]
Just when it seemed like things were going smoothly and in the direction that you wanted, bam! You get hit with the unexpected and even the unimaginable. Sound familiar? Perhaps it takes the form of a difficult internal challenge, an external disappointment or a major loss. These experiences can take your breath away, sometimes with […]