Sad but true, Penelope Gazin and Kate Dwyer faced a lot of sexism and condescension when they launched their e-commerce marketplace for weird art. Everything changed when they introduced an imaginary co-founder named Keith Mann. The founders of Witchy clearly have guts and a good sense of humor -they must, with a site like that- […]
Een recente studie van #Google en #GlobalWebIndex voor Danone Activia geeft aan wat vrouwen verhindert zichzelf volledig te ontplooien op het vlak van werk, relaties, welzijn. Het zelfvertrouwen van de vrouw wordt ondermijnd door…? Vrouwen zijn hun eigen grootste vijand, en alsof dat nog niet genoeg is, wordt er ook met verschillende maten gemeten. Een optimale Body Mass
Wie ondermijnt het zelfvertrouwen van de vrouw? Read More »
Networking is essential to help your business flourish, but women tend to limit their exposure to new people and new ideas. Hermiana Ibarra, professor of Organisational Behavior at London Business School, analyses why, in this piece below. Source: Why strategic networking is harder for women | Herminia Ibarra
Strategic networking is harder for women. Here are some guidelines from a pro Read More »
In the two weeks since it’s possible, 550 Dutch women have reported being discriminated against at work because they’re pregnant. Companies who, for example, don’t extend a contract, will be punished. That’s good. But a radical change of mindset is required, that stops seeing children as the sole responsibility of women; that also stops
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Caroline Myss is one of the teachers I follow. Listen below to her talk about the power of the wound. Confrontational, wise lessons! Source: The Science of Medical Intuition Online Course
Why we hang on to our suffering: it gives us power Read More »
When I have a client with anger-issues, I usually encourage them to express it in order to get in touch with the cause of the sense of injustice that’s underneath. Through our work, eventually their anger melts away. We’ve all been taught that anger is bad, but it can be so satisfying to let it
Were you one of those children who always did their homework on time? Whose writing is neat; who kept their bedroom tidy? Were, or, are you perhaps still a little shy? Did you always want to help your parents? If so, you’re in danger! Source: The Dangers of the Good Child | The Book of
Have you always been a Good Child? High time to get BAD! Read More »
‘Brand India’ got another smudge when the film Lipstick under my Burkha was banned because it was too ‘lady orientated’ -whatever that means. I find it hard to believe that the land that many people associate with spirituality has such an appalling attitude towards women. Ironically Alankrita Shivastava is drawing attention to that very fact
Lipstick Under My Burkha’s “lady-orientated” message got it banned in misogynous India Read More »
Isn’t being vulnerable totally scary, and to be avoided at all times? That’s what I thought too for a long time. But guess what: it actually makes you strong. Wholehearted, as Brené Brown says in this delightful talk. So go on: be the master of your fate, the captain of your soul. Be vulnerable.
You want to feel invulnerable? Embrace your vulnerability. Really. Read More »
Het mannelijk lichaam is altijd de norm geweest. Maar nu wordt die eenzijdige focus hersteld. Van die inhaalslag schrikt Martin van Creveld, meent Simone van Saarloos, die zijn boek ‘De bevoorrechte sexe’ genadeloos afmaakt in onderstaande recensie. Source: Vrouwen bevoorrecht? Nee, ze zijn juist bezig met een inhaalslag – NRC
Vrouwen bevoorrecht? Nee, ze zijn juist bezig met een inhaalslag Read More »
I welcome this new French law, that demands models to provide a doctor’s certificate showing their body mass index is healthy. A previous law, suggesting a minimum BMI, was rejected. I suppose that could have been perceived as dictating what marketable beauty is. But who can be against preventing that anorexia, a serious and often deadly
France bans extremely thin models Read More »
Empowering yourself to be healthy and happy and have no regrets on your deathbed can be great fun, as Jane McGonical explains in this truly inspiring TEDtalk. What a woman!!!
Parents, stop worrying. Games are good. For all of us! Read More »
