The Goddess Myth: Dealing with Disappointment
“Mothers will do anything. I knew that going into my research for this story,” writes Claire Howorth in her cover article for TIME magazine from October 30th, 2017. “But for all the communal aspects of bearing and raising children, for all the prescriptions we follow...
Mind The Gap!
“Mind The Gap” This is a phrase that was introduced in 1969 as part of the London Underground to alert passengers of the space that exists between the subway platform and the train. But what about the gap that exists between expectations and reality? I call it:...
It’s Been A Long Day…
One morning, I called my Mom, almost in tears, saying that I’d already yelled at my kids “at least 25 times” that day and it was only half past nine in the morning! I asked how she’d done it with twice as many kids as me, and without ever yelling at any of us. “What?”...I CAN’T Do It All! (And I’m OK With That)
I’m having a conversation online about how feminism might have screwed us. But before everyone gets all worked up, let me plead my case. We’re supposed to be able to “do it all” but too many of us (all of us?) are finding that it’s impossible to live up to that ideal...My Belly Pooch
(Not my actual belly pooch… I’m brave people, but not that brave.) At my age, my body and I have come to a sort of reckoning. I go to Boot Camp 3x a week and push my competitive self to beat the twenty-somethings in class alongside me and this allows me to...Hi, I’m Barb.
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