Rosie the Riveter Wasn’t First
BBQ’s & grilling out with family & friends. Basking in the first wisps of fall air. Watching dogs feast happily on an extra bone. If you think challenge & despair are in a holiday’s founding, you’d be right. Read Labor Day’s fascinating origins.
With Daddy in the Garage
Lots of dads have a hang-out-at-the-house spot. At our house, it was the garage.
My happiest hours with my PTSD-dad were in the garage. There he was …
5 Steps to Make Sorry Not Sorry Work for You
“Oh, I’m sorry.” “Sorry.” ” So sorry.” These are the phrases I learned at my mother’s knee. But never sorry not sorry. I said “sorry” at school, with my friends. Anywhere. Everywhere. In many different ways....
2 Steps to Avoid a Sneaky, Toxic Workplace Culture
A sneaky, toxic workplace culture isn’t so different from a toxic social culture, or even at home. I love avoiding gnarly problems. Especially of the people kind. I want to see people at their best. More … I want nothing to do with low-integrity people, or...
3 Things You Must Know about Resolving Conflict at Work
3 Things You Must Know about resolving conflict at work
If you’re like me, conflict at work can leave you feeling anywhere from irritated to wondering if your job’s at risk … your income, the promotion you want, even your family’s well-being.
They could be at risk, and the part of your brain that’s focused on survival, that part will serve up every catastrophe possible. UGH. You don’t want conflict, and you know it happens.
When it does, you don’t want to be labeled a “problem” at work, or worse. And as women, deserved or not, we’re more likely to get a derogatory label. The good news is
Changemaker Women & The Very Painful Week
Emerging like a phoenix, next steps from listening to the news and taking in the horrific, never-before-told stories of women from all ages, all walks of life and parts of the world. Changemaker women are furious and sharing their deeply buried trauma, pushed down too long. Women want a better future, and are determined to make it happen. Here’s how.
I Hate My Job vs I Love My Job
I Hate My Job VS I Love My Job So you might have said that dreaded thing that can happen to the best of us … I hate my job (ugh). There were times I did to. Most of my career it was the opposite, I love my job I’d say. I’d have to make myself ignore...
Good Career Goals You Can Take to the Bank
When I was a kid, mom taught me lots. Once, when helping me learn to count by 25s, she ever-so-subtly imparted the critical life skill of determined persistence. Take 2-mins to hear Mom’s Day gratitude (https://youtu.be/47f8Sua74MI), no matter what day it...