Communication consultant Dr. Lois Phillips says that when women speak out for something or someone besides themselves, their mission empowers them to confront their fear and reach beyond their comfort zone to create change. She gives examples of one woman addressing a city council over a pothole problem and another who saw the need for […]
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Linda Rendleman is excited about where the new women’s movement is going today. Finally, she says, women are discovering who they really are, instead of trying to be what someone else wants them to be. Linda is a shining example of a dedicated woman who took the challenges life gave her and turned them into
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When Dr. Rita Spilken realized there would be a “human tsunami” of veterans returning from war zones in 2005 who would need help with health issues, especially Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Military Sexual Trauma (MST), she started the Our House Foundation (OHF). Since then the foundation has served about 600 military personnel and
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Leading Woman co-author Rebecca Tinsley recently wrote in the Huffington Post about Mary, a ten-year-old girl in northern Uganda who was not aware the International Day of the Girl Child was October 11. Mary was not celebrating, she was in fact was being assaulted by a man who held her against her will for three
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Quite a few documentaries lately are spurring conversation and urging us to look at things differently. The third installment of the documentary series America the Beautiful is no exception, and questions the highly sexualized media we consume and how deeply it affects young girls. Looking at the problematic reality behind child beauty pageants, teen pregnancy,
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From women and giving to women entrepreneurship, Joanna L. Krotz has always advocated for change, delivering messages to help women empower themselves through effective use of their power and money. Founder of Muse2Muse Productions and The Woman’s Playbook, Joanna uses multi-media to share successful women’s stories that inspire and educate others. As a broadcast on
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A prominent feminist media critic, Anita Sarkeesian, recently had to cancel a speaking engagement at the University of Utah. Scheduled to talk about the portrayal of women in video games, Sarkeesian cancelled the event under threat of a “Montreal Massacre style attack.” What did she do to cause such vitriol? America has 190 million gamers,
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In her NYC psychotherapy practice, Dr. Vivian Diller helps women and men discover how to redefine what it means to be attractive as they age. In the book, Face It: How Women Really Feel as Their Looks Change, which she co-authored with Michele Willens, she reported on her research about the role beauty plays in
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How Can Men Be Supported To Re-imagine Their Identity? In a world wracked by changing economics, politics and gender roles, how can we help men redefine –in positive ways — what it means to be a man? Not-for-profit groups working in the developed world are discovering techniques that can help bring about change in developed
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A study released last week by Ernst &Young Global Limited’s EY Women Athletes Business Network and espnW, reported that female executives are more likely to have played sports than those in non-leadership roles. They’re also more likely to hire other women who have played a sport. Playing Sports Can Help A Woman Accelerate Her Leadership
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