Monthly Archives: May 2011

Women Friendships

How do you get along with other women? Do you have healthy, rewarding friendships or do you have a gnawing fear that you might be betrayed? Susan Shapiro Barash says that you could have both and she categorized the types of female friends you might have in her book, Toxic Friends. Susan teaches gender studies at Marymount Manhattan College. She says that the back-stabbing and mean girl syndrome comes from a fear that there’s not enough pie in our patriarchal society. Part culture and part nurture, we women compete and interact differently than men. Continue reading

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Spiritual Fitness

Amazing guest, Dr. Nancy Mramor suggests that you practice spiritual fitness. And she has written an award winning book with exercises and day to day practices to guide you through your workouts. Spiritual Fitness, The Non-Denominational Care of One’s Soul contains stories of personal triumph including her own miraculous recovery over advanced leukemia. Dr. Mramor has the distinction of being honored with a finalist COVR Visionary Award that was also bestowed upon the Dalai Lama Continue reading

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