Book Review: Betty Ford
Betty Ford had the soul of a dancer. Her refreshing and courageous candor broke down the walls of silence surrounding breast cancer and addiction. She tirelessly championed the Equal Rights […]
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Code Words: “Thoughts and Prayers”
I don’t want prayers. I don’t want thoughts. I want gun control. – Susan Orfanos When I heard this grief-stricken plea from the mother of Telemachus Orfanos on the news […]
Barrow Institute: Brain Injury Treatment for DV Survivors
Maria Shriver’s Today Show report on the Barrow Neurological Institute’s program for domestic violence survivors with traumatic brain injuries blew me away. It is the first and only program in […]
Book Review: Between You & Me
Shunning. The fear of ostracism is a powerful instrument of control and the common denominator in the lives of Caleb Stoltz and Dr. Reese Powell. Susan Wiggs brilliantly weaves together […]
Movie Review: The Book Club
In 1974, four women launched their book club by reading Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying. Forty years later the quartet improbably still meets every month. Why improbably? Sharon (Candice Bergen) […]
Honoring MLK, Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s light was snuffed out by an assassin’s bullet 50 years ago today. Yet, his inspiring words live on. These quotes are anchors of wisdom […]
Bravo: Eve Ensler and V20!
Twenty years before #MeToo, Eve Ensler broke down the silence on violence against women on V-Day, 1998 with the first production of The Vagina Monologues. It has evolved into a […]
RIP: Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter has been a feminist icon since World War II. Naomi Parker Fraley, the woman credited with being the inspiration for the poster, died in Longview, Washington on […]
Book Review: Promise Me, Dad
The holidays can be brutal for those experiencing a painful loss. Former Vice President Joe Biden has walked in your shoes. He has remarkable empathy, strength, courage, faith, and love […]
Book Review: The Prayer Box
The trouble with drowning in the mess of your own life is that you’re not in any shape to save anyone else. You can’t be a lighthouse when you’re underwater […]
