Our society boosts that women are sensitive creatures. We are in touch with our emotions. We're able to express ourselves and tell others when we're sad or angry. We have no problems crying. In fact, women and girls are encouraged to cry if the occasion permits. Cry, let it out, it's okay to cry, I've [...]
I had the pleasure of being on HuffPost Live today. I had a blast, but next time I'm doing my hair before I go on TV.Enjoy!
This post is from Kristen McConnell over at Soft Science Notes. Here's more about Kristen:I’m a nurse and a mother who has recently started a new chapter. After living with my parents for a few years as a single mother working full-time in an ICU, I recently got married and moved with my daughter to [...]
I've spent my entire life telling myself I was a bad person. My inner dialogue has been primarily self-critical. The negative voice in my head was over-powering."You can't do this. You're not good at that.""Give up.""You're a bad person.""Nobody loves you."It hurt me to listen to that voice. I can be quite loud. Sometimes I [...]
There is a ridiculous trend on the Internet where people write "open letters" to people and companies. Every time I see one I get a little nauseated.But this time, I think it calls for an open letter. This occasion is a special one. One of my best friends on the Internet is having surgery tomorrow. [...]
It's Pink Shirt Day today, which means it is also anti-bullying day. I was bullied in the 8th grade. I made friends with a girl named Morgan. She lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. I thought it was wonderful going to her house. She had a Swatch phone which you could talk into [...]
For my entire life I've struggled with feeling attractive. I went through a serious awkward phase in junior high school. I looked around at the popular girls and wondered "why can't I look like them?" As a 12 year-old I wanted to be beautiful. 22 years later, and I still struggle with the same thing. [...]
Sarah Carmichael is the mother in a kick-ass Canadian family comprised of her husband, her soon-to-be six year old son, and her two year old daughter. She works as an independent contractor and has been blogging at sarahcasm.ca since 2006. As far as she’s concerned, it’s all a matter of perspective. “How did she come [...]
