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I refused to be one of those people who criticized – or even commented too much – on Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, until I’d read it. Since my week included client crises, a non-profit board meeting, tap and drum lessons and oh yes, […]
Recently, in the same week, I read The Whole Brain Child by Tina Bryson and Dan Siegel that told me that as a parent “What you do matters profoundly.” I also listened to a Freakonomics podcast of a panel of economist parents tell me “parents don’t matter” because a child’s […]
Our daughter headed to middle school this year, and as a former Director of Technology for a K-12 school, I felt like I should have a grand plan for teaching her what she needs to know about computers, the Internet, and social media.
Since we used the American Girl book “The Care and […]
My Story Featured in Seth Godin’s ebook “Tales from the Revolution”
By Solstice72 On April 20, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Announcements, Book Review, Change, Recommendations
My friend Beverly Schoff Belling over at Creativity on the Loose submitted a story about me and the impact of my work with mothers and my book, This Is Not How I Thought It Would Be: Remodeling Motherhood […]
Book Review: “Good Enough is The New Perfect” is Out Today!
By Solstice72 On April 19, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Book Review, Career-Life Fit, Motherhood, Recommendations
“Good Enough is the New Perfect” by Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple hits bookstores today!
Becky and Hollee are the work-life columnists for the ABA Journal, the professional journal for lawyers. Using their own stories and the voices of real women, they highlight the results of their survey of […]
Remodeling Corporate Ladders to Lattices
By Solstice72 On November 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Assumptions about Mothers, Book Review, Career-Life Fit, Workplace and Employment
Wandering the gargantuan exhibit hall at the California Women’s Conference in Long Beach ast week I noticed up ahead a sign for Deloitte. Wondering if anyone at the booth might know about the book Mass Career Customization, I dodged the crowd – including Al Roker – to get closer, only to recognize […]
My sister emailed me tonight that my book was reviewed in the Coulee Parenting Connection, a parenting magazine in the LaCrosse Wisconsin area where she lives. Always fun to discover a review – especially one as good as this one is!
Impassioned, blunt, and reading much like a Motherhood Manifesto, “
Father’s Day Gift: “Home Game” by Michael Lewis
By Solstice72 On June 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Book Review, Fatherhood, Holidays, Motherhood, Recommendations, Remodeling Motherhood
Looking for a Father’s Day gift? My husband and I both recommend Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood by Michael Lewis – author of The Blind Side and most recently The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.
Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood chronicles […]
After a long day (I mean long – job stress, close relative in hospital, our public schools lose a parcel tax at the polls), I wasn’t sure anything could pick me up. Then I got the email with the link to this review of my book This is Not How I Thought It […]
Since my book, This is Not How I Thought It Would Be: Remodeling Motherhood to Get the Lives We Want Today, was released, Twitter has connected me with a host of people I wouldn’t have connected with otherwise, or I wouldn’t have found them for months. Cali Yost at Work+Life Fit is […]
Interview with Equally Shared Parenting Authors Amy and Marc Vachon
By Solstice72 On February 11, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Book Review, Family Work, Fatherhood, Interview, Marriage, Motherhood
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, I’m thrilled to share a special Q&A interview with my friends Marc and Amy Vachon whose book, Equally SharedParenting: Rewriting the Rules for a New Generation of Parents just came out last month. Listen in to our conversation here and then check out their book and […]
Angela Moore over at MOMS…in a Blog gave a fantastic review of This is Not What I Thought it Would Be: Remodeling Motherhood to Get the Lives We Want Today. Read it here. Angela writes:
I was sent This is Not How I Thought it […]
Heather Edwards of EastSideReviewNews.com reviews my book, This Is Not How I Thought It Would Be: Remodeling Motherhood to Get the Lives We Want Today. Heather writes:
Mothers need oxygen.
That’s one of the messages behind the book, “This is Not How I Thought It Would […]
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Good for these young men. @NCAA and their universities have failed them. @PlayersTribune
A dozen Pac-12 football players release a wide range of demands, threaten a boycott https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-08-02/pac-12-football-players-release-list-of-demands-to-avoid-boycottAlarming disregard for the very principles our democracy was founded on. This country will vote on November 3rd. https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1288974105417588736
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I was grateful to join @GovTimWalz @LtGovFlanagan and #mnleg colleagues as the police accountability reform bill was signed into law. A first step, with more work to do, with the leadership of @DFLPOCIcaucus. All Minnesotans deserve to feel safe & be safe in their communities. https://twitter.com/gspphoto/status/1286363005379317767
Column: The GOP war on unemployment aid is bad for workers and disastrous for the economy @hiltzikm @latimes https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-07-24/unemployment-aid-debate
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