Education is an incredibly powerful tool that can help us stand tall in times of stress. It can help us read between the lines and allow us to tell truth from fiction. It can separate us from the herd. It can help us emerge as leaders when people are in desperate need of leadership…
Have you ever felt unhappy in your favorite place? Maybe even in your favorite company? Did you reflect on it? Did you find the cause? In this article I talk about my awkward experience in being unhappy in one of my favorite places and why…
Everyone single one of us has the power to create. Some create art, some create poetry, some create structures while others create life. Creativity may vary in shape, size, and magnitude but each and every one of them causes a reaction…
Every Women’s Day I ponder about what it means to be a woman in the world today. As I close my eyes so many images float to the surface, a mother, a sister, a daughter, a friend, a colleague, a boss, an athlete, a doctor, a soldier, a teacher and so many more. Wow, what a complicated role it is to be a woman. The most challenging aspect is the fact that most women don’t just play one, we often juggle a multitude of hats and of course we have to be perfect at all of them. That sure is a lot of pressure. We are often conflicted between our biological drive to nurture, to give, to care and the simultaneous pull in the opposite direction of reaching professional success which often calls for us to be tough, rugged and bold. So why do women put themselves in such a tough spot? Why do we feel the need to prove to the world that we can do it all? And can we really be great at everything? Mastering a skill takes a lot of time and dedication so when we stretch ourselves thin, something has to give. We simply cannot give 100% of our attention to each hat we wear. So inevitably some area of our life starts to drag behind a bit. But we will never admit it. Women have been working so incredibly hard at attaining independence and equality that we are afraid to show the slightest sign of weakness. We are so terrified of losing one inch of respect that we carry on the facade that every single aspect of our life is perfectly managed. But it isn’t. It’s hard. It’s stressful. It’s demanding and its downright exhausting. Yet we…
Today is Valentines Day and for many, this day comes loaded with heavy baggage. This is a friendly reminder that Valentine’s Day is nothing more than a commercial holiday…