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The Imperfect Caregiver Deals With Dysphagia | A Diagnosis that Is Hard to Swallow

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Bobbi Carducci was an in-home caregiver for her mentally and physically ill father-in-law for seven years. Issues they coped with included dysphagia, schizophrenia, age-related dementia, Parkinson’s disease, heart disease, C.O.P.D. and various infections that popped up like weeds in the summer. She describes what she did as creative problem solving on the run and hopes […]

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Talking Feminism Is Alive and Well

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Barnard College, the oldest liberal arts college for women in the U.S., launches a new perspective on Feminism. “Dare to Use the F Word” is a new monthly podcast series created by and for young feminists. Barnard President and author of Wonder Women, Debora Spar, says that she doesn’t presume to know what young women

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Strategies for Personal and Professional Resilience

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Martha Johnson could write the book on personal resilience and she has. It’s called On My Watch: Leadership, Innovation, and Personal Resilience. It includes more than her personal story of how she bounced back after the onslaught of the Congressional Hearings in April, 2012. It’s about how a creative leader carries out innovative strategies and

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Who Influences You on Social Media | Amplify Her Voice

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The Representation Project (formerly MissRepresentation.org) continues to expose society’s limiting stereotypes that harm all of us: men, women, boys and girls. Most recently, they called attention to the lists of the most influential thinkers. Though women are proclaimed to use social media the most, they were mostly left off the lists.

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25 Top Women Power Brokers in Television Worldwide

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Amazing women executives top television industry around the world The Hollywood Reporter has just published a list of 25  top women executives in 17 countries.   The article says “these female innovators oversee empires, greenlight the shows that captivate millions and adapt in a rapidly changing media environment.” That’s great news for women around the world,

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Never Give Up | Find a Way

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Diana Nyad’s empowering messages for making your life count for something take on a new meaning now that she has achieved her goal! She swam over 100 miles from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage (the first person to do it–ever). “Find a way” was her new mantra this time, which was her 4th attempt since turning 60. Her dream actually began when she was a child in Fort Lauderdale looking across at Cuba.

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