Mother’s Day is here again, and I look forward to crayola-smudged, home made cards, a half-burned breakfast in bed with stone cold coffee, new plants for the garden, and sweet kisses that warm me up inside and out. This year, I realize Mother’s Day is not all about me. I think about how many women [...]

It’s the end of January, so how are you doing on those New Year’s Resolutions? Admit it.  Even though you predictably set them year after year, your New Year’s resolutions rarely stick.  23% of us break them in a week and 45% by the end of the month.  So why don’t they work?  Let’s take [...]

I have always been a fan of performance evaluations. We all need to know how we are doing, especially if there are areas of challenge. So let’s take a hard look at where things stand in the workplace. We are thankfully past the time in which women had two very limited choices: “homemaker” or “career [...]

“It’s amazing how much of our identity is tied up in the roles that we play. We often assume that because our job title reads VP of Development, church secretary or head widget maker, that’s the net sum of identify.” You know, walking around in a grown-up body acting like you know what you’re doing, [...]