From the category archives:

Women

Proposals Have a Ring to Them

Last time I was in Asheville, NC I was proposed to on my first night here. This trip I was proposed to on the last night I was here. I see a pattern. The latter man was much more clever than the first.  He presented me with a box that “had a ring to it,” [...]

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Loving Yourself, Made Up or Not

Made-Up from Mirjam Plettinx on Vimeo. I saw this on Ze Frank’s blog after hearing about him at TEDx in Asheville. When I have spoken about trauma and recovery, I have pointed out that you don’t have to have been a victim of child sexual abuse or domestic violence to have experienced trauma.  Neglect is [...]

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Help Me Reunite the Angels

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that the campaign I did with the Army of Angels that I announced at the 140 Conference in NYC would lead to two tortured little girls being reunited! While tweeting the story of Jane #S2, I was contacted by many other survivors who had been prostituted by [...]

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Are You A Genius?

What commitment are you going to make to your own genius?  Are you a genius?  What are you doing to be a creative vehicle? PS I love Ted. Share on FacebookShare

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12 Reasons to Fire Someone

As you run a thriving business and life, there comes a time when you must fire someone.  I was speaking to a female filmmaker at Digital Hollywood in Los Angeles about the issue of being too nice.  She said she was being too nice and getting walked over and it was costing her time and [...]

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Loving Women and Cake (in Iowa and Everywhere)

Speaking in Iowa is always fun. I was honored to help raise money for CAASA’s Women’s Night Out in Spencer Iowa.  I was there in 2007 and again in 2010. While there, executive director Rhonda Dean, took me to prison – to talk.  There was a gymnasium full of women in their blue jeans and [...]

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Red Carpet Re-cap ~ Female Fun at the Oscars

Notice that I left the International Women’s Day post up for the week. Women could use a week. What about a whole month? Or a whole year? It’s like April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  What’s the message?  Don’t rape people – in April?  Pay attention to women internationally on one day?  Who am I [...]

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