Fawn Germer went to India to be of service and do humanitarian work. Someone called her "a saint." She didn't feel like a saint. She wondered where she'd been all these years.
(read more)A Powerful Moment in India
(read more)Today’s “Pearl”
I talked with Hillary Clinton in my new book Pearls. She said: “I have engendered a lot of reaction. Some of it is, frankly, who I am, and I brought it on myself. But some of it came from the expectations people have about women, what women are supposed to look like, do, say, act, [...]
(read more)PEARLS is out TODAY!
Get ready for the most life-changing mentoring session you have ever had, guided by many of the strongest, most accomplished women of our times. Pearls brings together the wisdom of prime ministers and presidents, CEOs and Nobel Peace Prize winners, adventurers, Academy Award winners, scientists, journalists, Olympic athletes, newsmakers, senior executives and other women who [...]
(read more)The old dogs of the work world have no choice but to learn all the new tricks
Life was so much easier when I walked into the office and someone handed me a pink slip of paper that said, “While you were out…” Now I come back in and have to check e-mail, voice mail and Facebook before I sit still for a conference call that drags on forever because everybody thinks [...]
(read more)Are You Trusting Your Gut?
You can get all the advice in the world and you can fill pages upon pages of "pro and con" lists as you wrestle with your life decisions. But the greatest reward of self-awareness is that you have all the tools you need to make the decisions that are best for you. You just have to use those tools.
(read more)Goodbye Old Friend. Reggie Purdy Germer, 1996-2011.
I was Reggie’s third mother when I adopted him. He was a 6-year-old Golden Retriever whose first home was in Wisconsin with a family that adored him. Unfortunately, his bad hips made him suffer greatly in the winter, so he had to move to Florida to live with relatives. Four years later, he weighed just [...]
(read more)You and Your Power
Would Dorothy have ever learned anything if she’d known all along that she only had to click her heels to get back home? She had to encounter little people and flying monkeys and witches and The Wizard before she learned that everything she needed was right there within her. She always had the power she so desperately sought.
(read more)When being right is all wrong
People are imperfect and relationships are fragile. Someone once explained to me that, just because a friendship makes it 20 years, it doesn’t mean it’ll make it 21.
(read more)World’s Most Inspiring Senior Citizen is Making Me Crazy
My father is the world’s worst patient. In the hours after I brought him home from the hospital after his pacemaker surgery, he wouldn’t sit still. It was like I was chasing a toddler around the house. “Where are you?” I called out as I searched for him. One minute, he was in the living room. [...]
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