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Stories From Women How I Learned to Love Myself Stories

WOW! We received such wonderful and inspiring stories from our Facebook contest “How I Learned To Love Myself.” Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with WomenSpeak. Our judges selected the first five below to each receive a $100 VISA Gift Card. We know that EVERY single one is a winner, so we have […]

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Judges Named for How I Learned To Love Myself Contest

Four  judges have been named to select the five winning entries in the WomenSpeak “How I Learned to Love Myself” contest. Amy Michael, Owner and Publisher of Cares Magazines; Jacqueline Warren, Associate Professor of Art and Artist in Residence, Drury University; Raylene Appleby, President, PJC Insurance; and Krystal McCulloch, Ph.D., Vice President, Special Assistant to

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Women Fight the Double Standard at Work

I recently went through a bag of handouts and notes from the Women In Communications national conference in Tulsa. So it was six months ago — so what? At least I went through them and found some gems to share with you. June Werdlow Rogers, a retired DEA special agent in charge, spoke from her

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Bridget Cook

The Magic of Living Your Life On Purpose

When you look into the mirror, what do you see? Best-selling author, Bridget Cook saw love. Like many of us Bridget struggled to please others, overachieving without regard to the gifts she had to offer the world. On the brink of life or death, Bridget experienced the miracle of self-love and understood how discovering her

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Violence Against Teens Poses Major Problem

Relationship violence continues to pose a huge problem for young people, who are just figuring out how to conduct relationships. Unfortunately, too many of those relationships take a bad turn. Do you know someone who has experienced sexual assault, rape, or stalking? Here are some startling truths: Young people ages 12 to 19 experience the

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When Birth Control Was Illegal

One hundred years ago it was illegal – and OBSCENE — to teach women about contraception. Today as the debate about women’s healthcare coverage rages, it’s good to look back at how things once were, and to contemplate the possibility of a return to those bad old days. A woman named Margaret Sanger fought for

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Should Women Learn To Handle Guns?

I met Kathy Johnson when I enrolled in a two-day Tactical Handgun course at the APT firearms academy she and her husband operate here in the Ozarks. In addition to being a co-owner, Kathy is a personal safety specialist who is proficient in gun-fighting and an instructor in women’s safety.The course was worthwhile but exhausting

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