In Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In, she makes a provocative point, that one of the most critical decisions a woman makes that determines her career success is her choice of partner. When I first read this my instinct was to disagree. This isn't an age of political marriage; shouldn't we be...
Yesterday morning I had coffee with a fellow mindfulness teacher in the tiny town of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. As we swapped stories about how we were led to this work, she spoke of helping couples who had been through some sort of trauma – an affair, addiction, etc. – but were trying to repair...
A few months ago, I was having a heated feminist discussion with a lesbian lawyer who specializes in LGBT legal issues. (As of last week's Supreme Court decision, her business must be booming! Hooray!) We were both on fire with the issues and loving the debate. The question was whether women are...
The most under-discussed aspect of Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In is her recommendation to pay attention to your choice of partner when planning your career success. We don't talk about it much, but I agree with her that it's the dynamic between working women and their support network - especially...
Jory des Jardins is an InPowerhouse. As one of the co-founders of BlogHer, she and her partners dedicated their business to helping empower women – personally and economically – and as a result, Blogher has become a hotbed of women on the web (full discloser, InPower Women shows up there from time...
This weekend I took my daughter and her friend to see the new movie “Oz The Great and Powerful” based on the classic book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. The occupational hazard of having a mom who is a leadership coach is that you don’t get to actually just eat the popcorn and enjoy the movie. You...
Jory des Jardins is an InPowerhouse. As one of the co-founders of BlogHer, she and her partners dedicated their business to helping empower women – personally and economically – and as a result, Blogher has become a hotbed of women on the web (full discloser, InPower Women shows up there from time...
Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, Lean In, has generated a ton of dialog about women and work – not all of it positive, and not all the criticism from men. Actually, the only criticism I’ve read or heard has been from women, and it seems to literally illustrate her point that sexism is very cultural and...
As I was taking a walk down memory lane the other day and remembering my teen years, I realized that many of us are acting like teenagers. Remember how we thought we were invincible back then? We did stupid things like drive too fast, drink too much and play with fire. We’re lucky to be alive with...
Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, Lean In, has generated a ton of dialog about women and work – not all of it positive, and not all the criticism from men. Actually, the only criticism I’ve read or heard has been from women, and it seems to literally illustrate her point that sexism is very cultural and...
