Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry. -- Joan Baez
When did it disappear? Some say with Elvis’ gyrating hips; others say Englebert Humperdink’s bra-throwing fans; others accuse the pill, then abortion, sex education, and Helen Gurley Brown’s Cosmopolitan magazine. Others say it went away with Twiggy’s just-below-the-butt mini...
full storyThere is a committee in my head – a cacophony of voices (a.k.a. the ego) that at varying moments cajoles, criticizes or attempts to protect. At times the committee sits around my grandmother’s old oak kitchen table reveling over fat sugar cookies, sloshing down great quantities of hazelnut...
full storyAvoid the Frugality Fall-off: Ways to Keep up the Good Financial Habits Now That the Worst of the Recession Is Over For many Americans the recession was a wake-up call. Whether a family member lost a job or we just lived in fear of such an event, we tightened our belts, cut out the extras, and started...
full storyThe Post-Recession Relationship Reset: Ways to Weed Out Relationships That Don’t Work—and Strengthen Those That Do Our economic upheaval has accomplished one good thing: it’s reminded many of us that the people we love matter more than anything money can buy. Susan Apollon explains...
full storyA Wickedly Successful New Year: Nine Strategies to Help You Stop Enduring and Start Creating a Life That REALLY Works Looking for something with more impact (and sticking power) than the usual doomed-to-fail resolutions? Vickie Milazzo wants you to make 2012 the year you finally buck up and start living...
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