Take Up More Space — for your daughter’s sake

Our vagina does not make us less worthy of occupying space in this world.

20+ Women Your Kids Should Know About

Being a woman today is easier — not easy, but easier — because of the women below. I feel such gratitude for the many women before me who struggled and persevered, so the road for me and my daughters is a little less bumpy. Here are a few that immediately come to mind. Feel free to […]

MAKERS: Ten Stories You Should Watch

Watch the women who refused to be pushed around.

Mrs. Potato Head Didn’t Inspire Anything in Me; It Was All About Barb.

Growing up, I loved Barbies. My best friend Jessica and I would play for days on end. I never had a Barbie mansion, car or camper (you can bet I made up for that with my own girls) so we would make rooms out of cardboard boxes glueing old wallpaper to the sides and carpeting them with remnants.  We […]

Is 50 the New 40?

I would have to say “Yes, indeed it is!” I am not saying this because I am about to approach the (gasp) half a century mark, I am saying this because I am surrounded by healthy, intelligent, beautiful women that have redefined the boundaries of turning fifty. Thanks to these ladies, fifty is no longer […]

The New Face of the $20 Bill

I felt quite elated at the news that the Treasury Department  had chosen Abolitionist Harriet Tubman to appear on a new series of $20 bills. She will be the first African-American to appear on U.S. paper currency and the first woman in more than a century. Harriet Tubman led quite an amazing life. Born a slave and separated from her family at age 6, […]

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It's Heart Health month - take a few minutes to learn about the signs and symptoms of heart attacks.

Are You at Risk for Having a Heart Attack?

Heart disease is the number one killer of women, could you be at risk?