"Often we get lost in our daily have-to’s like work and family responsibilities. Before we know it months of living on auto pilot have gone by and we find ourselves in a drone-like state with our stress and dissatisfaction continuing to mount. What to do? How do we break out of this cycle and inject some happiness and energy back in our life?"
To view this article in its entirety, please visit the Michigan Women's Forum HERE.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Silence Is The Enemy
"Do you know that millions of women around the world look up to you? Okay, maybe not so specifically, but to us, as American women. Violence against women is a global issue – one that each of us has the opportunity to take positive action in..."
"Ask yourself – as a woman living in the US, are you honoring your potential to help set a precedent? Regardless of how we actually view our reality as Americans, the truth remains that there is a starry-eyed ideal often held on to by women from other countries about how life must be for us here or maybe more accurately, how life may be for them if they were here..."
"We think abuse is something that happens to other people; to women in lesser developed nations or low income environments... "
"The truth is that abuse does happen to all of us – if it is allowed to continue anywhere, then it continues to be a threat to our health, happiness and safety as well as to those we love, regardless of where we live or may come from..."
For this complete article, please visit my Inspired column on the Michigan Women's Forum.
I welcome your thoughts - feel free to post a comment or drop me a message!
"Ask yourself – as a woman living in the US, are you honoring your potential to help set a precedent? Regardless of how we actually view our reality as Americans, the truth remains that there is a starry-eyed ideal often held on to by women from other countries about how life must be for us here or maybe more accurately, how life may be for them if they were here..."
"We think abuse is something that happens to other people; to women in lesser developed nations or low income environments... "
"The truth is that abuse does happen to all of us – if it is allowed to continue anywhere, then it continues to be a threat to our health, happiness and safety as well as to those we love, regardless of where we live or may come from..."
For this complete article, please visit my Inspired column on the Michigan Women's Forum.
I welcome your thoughts - feel free to post a comment or drop me a message!
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abuse,
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michigan women's forum,
oprah,
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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