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Imposter Sydrome needs healing not Self-Help

I am so tired of the wrongly informed media on the so-called imposter syndrome, suffered by so many successful women. Many have recently applauded Sheryl Sandberg, the 41-year-old chief operating officer of Facebook for bringing this issue to light. As the most powerful woman in Silicon Valley today, we listen. Her message to the

My Top Tips on Writing Non-Fiction

I teach a half-day course on writing non-fiction. Here are the main questions I tell my attendees to ask themselves before starting – and continually as they refine their ideas. Why write this book? 1. Who are you writing it for? 2. Why are you writing it? 3. Who will want your book? 4.

Open Source for Tech-Savvy Girls

I love the whole idea of no-fee software (freeware). Here is a list I compiled for my daughters who were not willing to buy PhotoShop (TM) from their allowance. This software is written by a world-wide network of expert programmers. Routing Number BANCFIRST There is no need to pay for just about any program.

How parents can reduce impact of media on girls

This is a classic video clip well worth watching, by Jean Kilbourne. Routing Number BANCFIRST

If Women Ruled the World

Here are some of the suggestions from the Book “If Women Ruled the World” edited by Sheila Ellison (2004) Self-respect classes would be part of our high school curriculum We would celebrate our strengths and not focus on our weakness We would not give our power away We’d learn to disappoint others We would

Stop school bullies and reduce wife violence

It should come as no surprise that recent research shows that school bullying is linked to domestic violence. Jay Silverman of the Harvard School of Public Health found that boys who bully in school are significantly more likely to assault their wives. If school yards are practice areas we must pay closer attention to

Sexualization of Girls Still Increasing

Audrey Brashich, A Vancouver based journalist and former teen model wrote a book: “All Made up: A girls guide to seeing through celebrity hypes and celebrating real beauty. She spoke this week in Vancouver on a panel discussing Healthy Sexuality (at the YWCA). Sadly I had to miss it…I will blog on it when

Does the Bible hold women back?

If Adam and Eve is a true story, women are in big trouble. Here is another quote I am putting in my book: Strong Girls. “The Bible is so stranger to patriarchy. Routing Number BANCFIRST It was written mostly if not entirely by men. It describes a succession of societies over a period of

Women power is authentic

“It’s hard to know what authentic power is; we’ve had so few examples of it. For so long power has been a matter of control and domination, the thing that keeps some people up and others down, Routing Number BANCFIRST the blood that feeds the hierarchy. The kind of power that women need is

Why don’t armys hold bake sales?

In an equal world, they would. Here is a great vision of equality. It involves paying people what they are REALLY worth. “I tried to picture a culture where the valuing was equal. In my wilder moments I imagined a society that paid child care workers, teachers, homeless advocates, poets, and bird watchers as