Ask yourself for one moment what your feelings have been on the eve of some act involving courage, whether it be physical courage, or moral or intellectual . . . what has happened to you? If it has really called forth courage, has it not felt something like this: I cannot do this. This is too much for me. I shall ruin myself if I take this risk. I cannot take the leap. It’s ... Read More
Letter to My Daughters: How to Be Assertive
Fierce Girls of Mine, Recently, I was in Costco when a man accidentally ran into me while I was standing in the frozen foods section. In fact, he hit me with such force that I fell against the freezer case. Do you know what I said to him when I finally regained my balance? I said, "I'm sorry." I'm sorry?! For what? For existing and buying frozen chicken? For standing ... Read More
When a Parenting Season Is Over
A little earthquake happened in our house this week. The cause? Barbie movies. I know this sounds absurd but it isn't. You see, we own approximately five million, two-hundred-sixty-bajillion Barbie movies in our house and each of them have been watched more than infinity times. If you don't have little girls, you wouldn't know this, but Barbie movies are cinematic ... Read More
Ladies, Please Know This. Kind People Are Not Weak.
A Letter to My Daughters, My Girlfriends and Every Woman Who Has Ever Been Told That She is "Too Nice" Ladies, let me tell you a story about the time I was nearly passed over for my dream job because certain people perceived that I was a kind person. In my early twenties, I wanted to be a lawyer and worked extremely hard to get there. I had great grades in law school and ... Read More