When Janet Yellen was confirmed as the first woman Federal Reserve Board Chair, blog posts with titles like “Janet Yellen: the Bitch of the Fed” sprouted across the Internet. Madeline Albright has struggled with similar labels and in her memoir said, “As I began to climb the ladder, I had to cope with the different […]
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As founder of Covisioning, LLC, Dr. Marcia Reynolds, travels the world speaking at conferences and teaching classes in leadership, coaching and emotional intelligence. Amidst this busy schedule, she has written three award-winning books. Grounded in the idea that learning and growth comes from obstacles, Marcia’s work seizes on problem areas that are common to many
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Bestselling author Kristin Andress prefers setting intentions instead of goals for the New Year. She says that intentions require actions, while goals may not. Her intention in all of her consultant work and writing is to help others understand how to live the deliberate life she has set for herself, to wake up and pay
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Dr. Nancy wants to give you a gift this holiday season with Allison Carmen’s empowering message of hope. Once an attorney with a big Manhattan law firm, Allison fought an addiction to certainty. If she wasn’t sure what would happen tomorrow, she would succumb to anxiety and fear. Then she discovered the philosophy of maybe
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Bridget Cook-Burch is an extraordinary storyteller who helps other people tell their stories of hope and transformation. Her own near-death experience opened her heart to the fullness of unconditional love and birthed her ability to see it in others. As a result, when she worked with gangs connected by committing the most violent acts, she
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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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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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