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”
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!
“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
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
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
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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Do I need to #WearAMask & avoid close contact with others after getting both #COVIDvaccine doses? YES. The vaccine prevents you from getting sick with the virus, but health experts don't yet know whether getting vaccinated prevents you from spreading the virus to others.
Done RT @PPact: We’re calling on President-elect Biden’s administration to issue an Executive Order on Day One that ensures suspension of this medically unnecessary, indefensible restriction on medication abortion. Read more — and sign our letter to Biden: https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/blog/lets-get-to-work-five-priorities-for-the-start-of-the-biden-administration-2
Meet the new CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and hear plans for a different future. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-bubble-with-andy-slavitt/id1504128553?i=1000505177527
We absolutely need uniform federal rules with teeth for airports and flights. I'm not flying again, nor is my family, until we have them.
Check out my book "This Is Not How I Thought It Would Be: Remodeling #Motherhood" on #BookBuzzr #worklife #family - http://bit.ly/2dbgsJa
Can we please stop pussyfooting around? This is terrorism. And it's happening because the Republican party is either too weak or unwilling to condemn it. https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1348710981963296769
Where Campuses Reopened, Covid-19 Cases Spiked. Where Colleges Went Remote, They Declined. https://www.chronicle.com/article/where-campuses-reopened-covid-19-cases-spiked-where-colleges-went-remote-they-declined @chronicle
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