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TEDxPasadenaWomen: How I Learned to Love Unconscious Bias
By Solstice72 On September 11, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Career-Life Fit, Change, Family Work, Fatherhood, Gender Issues, Leadership, Motherhood, Mothers & Fathers, stereotypes, Unconscious Bias, Women
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Let go of being right and notice your own unconscious bias. One humbling way is to take the 15-minute Implicit Association Test from Harvard. Notice unconscious bias out loud. Notice it out loud in person, share it with us on Twitter and Facebook. Change the […]
In the summer of 1997, a few years before our daughter was born, my husband David and I went with some friends to the game that launched the Women’s National Basketball Association. The Los Angeles Sparks were playing the New York Liberty at the Great Western Forum, the arena where the legendary Lakers played. […]
Our family makes its way through an annual New Year’s resolution process that serves us pretty well.
2010 was different.
Our family is dealing with a lot of transition: our daughter transitioning to middle school; […]
How Twitter Helped Me Beat My Monday Morning Funk
By Solstice72 On October 4, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Business Advice, Career-Life Fit, Change, Social Media, Time, Traveling
Last Monday morning I found myself stuck to the chair in my kitchen. I just couldn’t seem to make myself move from the kitchen to my home office to get started on the various projects of the day. So I tweeted my malaise to the Twitterverse.
“I.am.procrastinating.”
My friend @micheledortch replied quickly.
“I […]
Last week I spent two days at the Learning from Hollywood conference put on by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and held at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. The conference brought together approximately 200 experts from entertainment, academia, philanthropy, gaming, libraries, journalism and education to talk about […]
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 […]
My 6 Fave Discoveries from 2010
By Solstice72 On January 30, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Career-Life Fit, Change, Recommendations, Remodeling Motherhood Tips, Time, Workplace and Employment
As a Happy New Year gift, I wanted to share 5 of my favorite things I discovered in 2010 – along with one RE-discovery. Hope you’ll share yours too!
1. CaringBridge
When a friend or family member has a serious medical crisis, CaringBridge makes it easy to keep everyone updated […]
Creating a Family Vision
By Solstice72 On January 28, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Change, Remodeling Motherhood, Remodeling Motherhood Tips, Resolutions, Uncategorized
Our family makes its way through an annual New Year’s resolution process that serves us pretty well.
This year was different.
Our family is dealing with a lot of transition: our daughter transitioning […]
Our Favorite New Year’s Tradition – Making Resolutions Together
By Solstice72 On December 31, 2009 · 4 Comments · In Career, Career-Life Fit, Change, Family Work, Fatherhood, Holidays, Marriage, Money, Motherhood, Mothers & Fathers, Remodeling Motherhood, Remodeling Motherhood Tips, Resolutions, Time, Work-Life Fit
I’ve always been a New Year’s Resolutions sort of person, but the process became so much more powerful about ten years ago when my husband and I started making them together. Our New Year’s Resolutions ritual was one of many experiences that helped me realize one of the key points of my book,
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I have spoken with community leaders and asked what support they need. Knowing times are especially tough, below are four opportunities to remotely help. Please reply with other organizations you know of doing good work in our communities.
From a friend of my wife: At an epicenter of last nights disorder, Midtown Exchange residents and neighbors set up food, diaper and supply hand out, as stores burn and are closed.
Hundreds of people are working together on Lake Street in Minneapolis today to clean up from this week’s riots.
ICYMI: “Far-Right Extremists Are Hoping to Turn the George Floyd Protests Into a New Civil War” - VICE https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkyb9b/far-right-extremists-are-hoping-to-turn-the-george-floyd-protests-into-a-new-civil-war
Many Minnesotans are peacefully demonstrating today, and we fully support you. But please know there are people looking to undermine this movement for justice by inciting violence. Please go home by 8pm so that we can remove the people who wish to do our communities harm.
“I’m gonna die”
“Tell my kids I love them”
“....Momma...”
George Floyd as he dies
#JusticeForGeorgeThis is completely irresponsible of the @latimes! Most of these currently violate the public health order against gatherings outside your household, aka are against the law, with no mention of that fact. 10 things to do in L.A. this coronavirus summer https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-05-28/10-ways-to-see-friends-and-get-out-of-the-house-this-summer
Smart reframing: wearing a mask while outside is the simplest act of kindness you can do in a day. #Covid19 https://twitter.com/danjlevy/status/1262945936612851713
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Education Needs Remodeling not “Fixing”
Fast Company magazine published online an article on education reform How to Spend $100 Million to Really Save Education. An article I appreciate because it challenges the popular narrative around public education now such as “charter schools and strong MBA style leaders” are THE answer.
That same week I spent two full […]