Category Archives: Make A Difference

How to Help Hurricane Victims

Posted on November 2, 2012 by wsr_author

Regardless of the natural disaster, one international organization is ALWAYS there. For Hurricane Sandy, the Red Cross has helped 11,000 people as of October 31, put up 250 emergency shelters, served over 25,000 meals and snacks and fielded over 2,000 disaster responders in the 16 affected states.

This week Dr. Nancy talks with her friend and fellow crisis responder, Jami Peebles, Board President of the Greater Ozarks Chapter of The American Red Cross. Jami’s volunteer work takes her away from her job as Executive Vice President at Central Trust & Investment Company, Springfield, Missouri.

Jami and Dr. Nancy met while helping survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Jami describes helping a woman Continue reading →

Posted in Make A Difference, Resilience, Trauma, Women Helping Women | Tagged Check on loved ones, emergency resources, Red Cross, rewards of crisis management, Volunteering | Leave a comment

Why Is Girl Talk So Important

Posted on September 21, 2012 by wsr_author

“Girl Talk” is the brain child of Haley Kilpatrick, who started it at 15 years old to help her younger sister navigate through the bullying, peer pressure and drama of middle-school. An older high school girl mentored Haley at the end of her own “drama years” and she was amazed to find out that most girls go through the challenges of being called hurtful names and other peer pressures. She vowed to help other young girls and founded “Girl Talk.” Now 10 years later, Girl Talk Chapters reach 35,000 girls in 43 states and 6 countries.

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Posted in Make A Difference, Mentoring, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Women Helping Women | Tagged adopting an older sister, bridging childhood and adulthood, community service, drama of middle-school, empowerment, mentoring, peer pressure, prevent bullying, the Think Program | Comments Off

How Do We Stop Bullying

Posted on September 7, 2012 by wsr_author

The most important thing we can do to eliminate bullying is to talk about it, says Jessica Brookshire. As long as people don’t admit it’s a problem, they will do nothing and victims will continue to feel isolated and alone. She says victims’ self-esteem suffers when they do not feel empowered to speak up. Continue reading →

Posted in Make A Difference, Mentoring, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Women Helping Women | Tagged Bullying, feeling alone, feeling excluded, mean girls, overcoming fear, self-esteem | Comments Off

Why Women Should Run for Office

Posted on August 10, 2012 by wsr_author

Have you ever dreamed of running for office? You should, says Susan Rose, women’s political activist, public servant and writer. Susan says that when women are elected to office, they create laws that affect the lives of women and children, like childcare, education, violence against women and civil rights. Yet only 17% of members of US Congress and only 20% of state legislators nation-wide are women.

The 2012 Project is a national non-partisan campaign of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) to increase the number of elected women. Continue reading →

Posted in Business/Career, Change the World, Make A Difference, Mentoring | Tagged Better World for our Daughters, ERA, family-friendly workplace, help for elected office, The 2012 Project, w, women leaders | Comments Off

How Crisis Causes Renewal

Posted on July 27, 2012 by wsr_author

Have you been sucked into the doom and gloom of the lagging economy, political stalemate, broken systems and world upheaval?

Susan Steinbrecher says it’s time to “clear the dust from our eyes” caused by the old negative belief systems and see who we truly are. Susan wrote KENSHO: A Modern Awakening, Instigating Change in an Era of Global Renewal, to show how creative and innovative thinking can shift things in a better direction.

KENSHO is a Zen Buddhist term that means “awakening to one’s true nature.” Susan and Dr. Nancy discuss how experiencing crisis can lead to greater clarity. Continue reading →

Posted in Business/Career, Change the World, Make A Difference | Tagged creative thinking, finding purpose, finding ture nature, transform ourselves | Comments Off

Why Make a Difference

Posted on July 6, 2012 by wsr_author

Have you ever noticed how one simple act of kindness can transform someone’s life? Rhonda Sciortino says that it empowers people when you show them they are worthy of kindness.

In her book, How to Succeed BECAUSE of What You’ve Been Through, she tells her own amazing story of survival and success. Rhonda’s inspiring story begins with being abandoned as a baby then living in filth and poverty, Continue reading →

Posted in Make A Difference, Mentoring, Self-Esteem, Women Helping Women | Tagged being kind, foster care, getting unstuck, role models, sharing stories | Comments Off

Finding Your Life’s Purpose

Posted on June 22, 2012 by wsr_author

If you feel incomplete and unfulfilled in your work or the way you’re living your life, you are not alone. How many of us feel certain that we are doing just what we are meant to do and using our talents to their full potential?

Baeth Davis faced that dilemma and in the process discovered that her purpose was to help others find theirs. She tells her complete story in this Conversation with Dr. Nancy. Continue reading →

Posted in Business/Career, Make A Difference, Resilience, Women Helping Women | Tagged fulfillment, hand analysis, happiness, prayer, use talents | Comments Off

Life after Near Death

Posted on June 15, 2012 by wsr_author

What if you had the worst headache of your life and when you woke up, everything about your life had changed? Feeling lucky to still have a life at all, Maria Ross wrote the book, Rebooting My Brain: How a Freak Aneurysm Reframed My Life

In it, she announces some important little-known facts and tells her amazing story of surviving a ruptured brain aneurysm.

FACTS: 1 in 50 people in the U.S. have an un-ruptured brain aneurysm. Continue reading →

Posted in Make A Difference, Women's Health | Tagged brain aneurysm, brain injury, cognitive dificit, family support, frontal lobe function, medical jargon | Comments Off

How Media Portrays Women and Why It Robs Us of Power

Posted on June 8, 2012 by wsr_author

Have you become immune to the media images of young women in soft porn poses selling everything from lotion to underwear? If so, it’s time to wake up and notice the images being projected in front of men, women and children every day. Top media expert, Regina Kulik-Scully says everyone needs to vote with their wallets and their remotes. When you see something offensive, speak out. Advertisers are listening, reading blogs and scanning social media. Continue reading →

Posted in Change the World, Make A Difference, Mentoring, Self-Esteem, Women Helping Women | Tagged domestic violence, eating disorders, media creates culture, Media Images, sexualization of women, women leaders | Comments Off

Sharing Stories Empowers Women

Posted on May 18, 2012 by wsr_author

Was there a moment when someone’s thoughtless comment changed your life completely?

British author, Julia Hague calls that a “pivotal moment” and it is the theme of just one of the wonderful stories in her book about real, beautiful women, You Is for Unique – Women’s feelings about body image and self-esteem.

Her love of people and interest in storytelling led to her to write about the stories women told her through the years. Her self-published book became so popular, Continue reading →

Posted in Make A Difference, Philanthropy, Self-Esteem, Women Helping Women | Tagged Bulimia, Bullying, Media Images, Self-Image, Sexualizing Women | Comments Off