I just read about Naomi Wolf’s new book “Vagina.” I will look for it today. At the minimum it brings the “V” word out into the open which reduces women’s learned shame about their bodies, but it may also enlighten women and men about womens sex anatomy, which is lawys a positive thing. I note she […]
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Many of you know I write books for a living. I have been writing three (yes 3!) books at the same time over the last few years. Crazy, I know. So this is what I have decided to do. Over the next few months I will post my content (lots of it!) on this website. This
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The world will know and understand me someday. But if that day does not arrive, it does not greatly matter. I shall have opened the way for women. George Sands
I just read another article on women who earn more than their partners – and the trouble it causes. In essence, when women earn more than their partners, men lose self esteem and resent these women. To balance this out, these high earning women tend to play down their status and position. Sad. Men have
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After writing her cover article in the July-Aug issue of the Atlantic – Why Women Still can’t Have it All- Anne–Marie Slaughter received thousands of responses from all over the world. Here is a recent quote of hers: “These are not women’s issues, but social and economic ones. Societies that discover how to use the
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Recent research shows that couples who say sorry more often tend to stick together. No surprise. Those couples that are willing to admit they did something wrong and apologized had stronger relationships. But Stanford researchers also discovered that forgiveness only followed the apology when the coupls were “highly satisfied” (eg in a trusting relationship). Sadly, appologies were only
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I love it when research overturns a fundamental belief. it makes us question so much or what we do. Recent UBC research shows not only that adults feel good when doing good but so do infants under age two. Small children smiled bigger when giving than receiving. So why do we still think that the main motivator in life is
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Until we feel pain, we hardly notice it. Yet social isolation (e.g. loneliness) is a direct consequence of a society that mostly values money, individual status and working 24/7. Although we readily admit that these are our modern gods we fail to see the link between these goals and our unhappiness. The reaserch clearly says that the happiest people are thsoe who feel
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BC Premier Christy Clark just announced a $2 million strategy and anti-bullying program to keep school kids safe. As she rightly points out, laws and punishments do not work and we need to “create a positive school culture.” She stated correctly that, “educators need tools to be able to deal with conflicts in an appropriate way”.
We need a positive culture not just for schools but also for the teachers’ strike Read More »
Where is the process that ensures we make the right decision for us and for future generations? When will the advertising money be spent on consultation?
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