photo by Shannon Corsi If you’re anything like me, right now you’re sitting in your home office looking outside, as nature continues on around you, stuck in what seems to be a bad dream. Several times over the past few weeks, you’ve been on the verge of an emotional breakdown, waking up to the grim…
We all mother something (unless, of course, we are a dad). Whether it’s kids, furry friends, a business, or the home, mothering takes an emotional effort that far outweighs our other tasks. Often, mothering is like looking at the world through tinted glasses. You tackle work objectives and contemplate new opportunity by putting the needs…
No doubt—I cherish my right to vote, take pride in my work and pay equality and secretly chuckle at the bra-burning crusade. But with the feminist movement of the 60s and 70s, I feel like something got lost in the shuffle. In many ways, women’s lib made the modern woman’s life a lot more complicated. Throw family and economic pressures into the mix and we’ve built a recipe for depression, anxiety and a general about–face to the core fundamentals that make us whole.