by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
When you were young, did you dream of being an Olympian speed skater, a famous writer, an earth mother with plump babies? Sometimes being happy is about reconnecting with who you were – not necessarily achieving grandiose goals. Here, Shirley Valentine kicks off several ways to remember who you are…and the empowering life coach Susan Liddy [...]
by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
Repairing relationships and healing female friendships is the key to keeping friends for the long haul! (and to being healthy and happy). Here’s what Michelle Obama says about broken relationships and healing female friendships – plus several tips for repairing relationships.
“Women have to be able to champion other women,” said Michelle Obama in a recent issue of [...]
by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
The end of a relationship is especially difficult to overcome when you don’t know for sure why it ended! These ways to overcome an unexpected relationship breakup are based on a reader’s question on 10 Tips for Surviving a Breakup. These tips aren’t just for the end of romantic relationships – they include the end of friendships, too.
Here’s what Eleanor [...]
by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
The life lesson: you could be a toxic female friend…and not even know it! The successful woman: George Eliot, an English novelist who used a male pen name to ensure her words were taken seriously. Her real name was Mary Anne Evans.
About friendship, George Eliot said:
“Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there [...]
by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
The life lesson: toxic female friendships will drag you under and keep you down. The successful woman: Joan Baez, who knows how hard one-on-one relationships can be.
”The easiest kind of relationship for me is with 10,000 people,” said Joan Baez. “The hardest is with one.”
Why are relationships with crowds of people easy? Because you don’t [...]
by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
Gossip affects our health, relationships, and careers — for better and for worse. Why do men and women gossip? Partly because it’s good for us! Science and evolution shows that gossip can improve our health and survival rates.
Here’s what the successful Barbara Walters says about gossip:
“Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.”
And another zippy quip [...]