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When my mom and dad first started living together many moons ago, a funny thing happened. In my mom’s Italian American household in the 1940s and ’50s, she learned that food is love and you neverContinue Reading

Why joy can be hard for women, and how to embrace it. The author with her happy-mobile! Recently, I decided to pull the trigger on a lifelong dream to own a convertible, and as I expected,Continue Reading

How to reject the shame you’ve been taught instead of rejecting yourself. “No pictures!” I heard a woman say urgently to her friend who was about to snap a photo as they splashed in the riverContinue Reading

Yes. Here are 5 things I have learned along the way. When my first-born daughter was about five days old, my husband walked into her little baby bedroom to find me rocking her in the newlyContinue Reading

Supporting employee mental health in the post-pandemic workplace. Key points As Americans ease tenderly out of the pandemic, one thing is clear: mental health is not going to rebound rapidly just because the masks come off.Continue Reading

A Resource for Parents Since the onset of the pandemic, the rate of mental health problems has been on the rise all over the world. While kids are in large part escaping the physical health consequencesContinue Reading

Overcoming internalized sexism to be your authentic self. I went to Miami for a two-day vacation recently, and it was a giant success. I didn’t experience anything tremendous or astonishing, and it wasn’t an exotic bucket-listContinue Reading