Careers Are A Jungle Gym, Not A

When Looking For A Life Partner, My Advice To Women Is Date All Of Them: The Bad Boys, The Cool Boys, The Commitment-phobic Boys, The Crazy Boys. But Do Not Marry Them. The Things That Make The Bad Boys Sexy Do Not Make Them Good Husbands. When It Comes Time To Settle Down, Find Someone Who Wants An Equal Partner. Someone Who Thinks Women Should Be Smart, Opinionated And Ambitious. Someone Who Values Fairness And Expects Or, Even Better, Wants To Do His Share In The Home. These Men Exist And, Trust Me, Over Time, Nothing Is Sexier.

Real Empathy Is Sometimes Not Insisting That It Will Be Okay But Acknowledging That It Is Not.

After My Husband, Dave, Died, I Called My Friend Adam, A Psychologist Who Studies How People Find Meaning In Our Lives, And I Asked Him What, If Anything, I Could Do To Help Myself And My Kids Get Through This. We Started Talking About Resilience, Then Reading About It, Then Talking To Other People Who Had Gotten Through Grief And Other Huge Challenges. In Time, Those Conversations And That Research Helped Me Heal.

I've Seen Over And Over How Much Self-belief Drives Outcomes. And That's Why I Force Myself To Sit At The Table, Even When I Am Not Sure I Belong There - And Yes, This Still Happens To Me. And When I'm Not Sure Anyone Wants My Opinion, I Take A Deep Breath And Speak Up Anyway.

The Cost Of Stability Is Often Diminished Opportunities For Growth.