My two teen daughters are struggling with math. Why? They get A’s in all their other classes. As a gender researcher I decided to investigate and here is what I discovered: 1, Research after research shows that girls and boys are equally capable at math (around the world). 2. If teachers think that boys and men are
I my book Mission Possible I describe a five step process for figuring out your life purpose. Here are the steps in case you want to get you started. “The process of creating your vision and mission involves identifying what you want in life and focussing on what is unique about you. It is about aligning
If you are struggling with crafting your own Vision Statement, here is mine. You can borrow it and edit it to suit your purposes. Remember it is a description of your ideal state. In fact you can use it for visualizing your future! Read it every single day and see how your life unfolds.
Every year we set goals not realizing that it’s much more useful to start with a vision of where you want to be in the future. A vision is the end result of what you want to have achieved in your life. It is a picture of what your life will look like after you
In 2015 women are still expected to stay at home. Here is an excerpt of the article by Professor Brenda Cossman: “What’s more, there are some lingering gender roles here too. It is not just a family’s private responsibility. The unstated – and sometimes even stated – assumption is that women should be taking
I can’t help but cheer when I see that the individuals selected to tunnel down and crawl through caves locate the new discovery of our ancient human ancestors (hominid) were all women. They needed to be both small enough and smart enough to make the discovery. That is feminine intelligence at its best. [Source: Amy Ellis
Here is a great press release: (WOMENSENEWS)–Of the movies opening today, Aug. 7, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” is the must-see, especially if you’re interested in challenging, stimulating feminist cinema. Based on Phoebe Gloeckner’s semi-autobiographical book/graphic novel, the film stars Bel Powley as Minnie, a free-spirited, artistic 15-year-old who chooses to have her first
I am reading a great book ” Be the Change” by Ed and Deb Shapiro. It is a collection of writing from some amazing people. One article is by Steve Demos who borrowed $500. to start making tofu 30 years ago. He recently sold the company for $295 million. He says that right livelihood
I am so excited about speaking (twice!) at the Every Woman in the World Conference in Whistler. Its my favorite event of the year. Good food, good company and tons of laughs. Come if you can! The sun is out. Go to Every Woman
I can’t wait to read this book: The Affective Assistance of Counsel: Practicing Law as a Healing Profession. Marjorie Silver is brilliant and so are all the lawyers who are striving to bring back the human side of law. Here is the blurb on the book: “This book is subversive. It aims to undermine the