Category Archives: Relationships

How to Relieve Stress During the Holidays

Posted on December 14, 2012 by wsr_author

Do you love the holidays? Or perhaps you are dreading them because of some traumatic event. Either way the holidays are a stressful time. Kristen Brown is our favorite expert for stress relief any time of year.

Kristen tells us that the chemicals produced by holiday stress can impact our body’s systems and literally make us sick. Dr. Nancy and Kristen talk about how the pressures of gift giving, the violence of Black Friday Continue reading →

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How to Reach Your Potential At Any Age

Posted on November 30, 2012 by wsr_author

Great news! “Chronic disease and disability are not a consequence of aging,” says Gerontologist Lori Campbell. “In fact, they can be delayed or prevented. Science backs this up.” Her research for her book, Awaken Your Age-Potential, shows that all the things we need to live vibrant healthy lives are within our control. You can learn the skills and make the right choices. Continue reading →

Posted in Mental Outlook, Mentoring, Relationships, Resilience, Self-Esteem, Trauma, Women's Health | Tagged doing new things, how to thrive, learn new skills, make healthy choices, Mind-Body connection, setting goals, try something new | Comments Off

Do Women Want to Be Married

Posted on October 26, 2012 by wsr_author

The answer was surprising for author and gender expert, Susan Shapiro Barash. She interviewed 200 women from all ages, ethnic and marital states for her book, The Nine Phases of Marriage: How to Make It, Break It, Keep It, and 85% said that marriage was love-based and also set it as a goal. In fact, even among the 70% of women who had experienced major disappointments during marriage, they still favored being married. Continue reading →

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How Women Succeed in Business

Posted on October 18, 2012 by wsr_author

To succeed in business a woman needs to be “wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove,” says amazing guest Molly Mahoney Matthews.

As a single parent of two small children who had never held a real job, Molly went to school, developed a network, and found an internship. When laid off from a job she fought for severance and started a public relations company. She grew it to employ 150 people, bill over $20 million Continue reading →

Posted in Business/Career, Mentoring, Relationships, Resilience, Women Helping Women | Tagged crisis to opportunity, Entrepreneurship, finding purpose, role models, women in management, women leaders, workplace discrimination | Comments Off

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

How to Create Healthy Relationships

Posted on August 24, 2012 by wsr_author

How can we create healthy relationships when we “like” each other more on Facebook than in person? We e-mail or text in code and rarely look up from our smart phones.

Dr. Judy Kuriansky says good relationships require time and attention. As the “media’s psychologist” she’s given the same advice for over 20 years, she says, because people have not changed. Romantic relationships especially take focus and acknowledgement. Couples should spend two nights a week together––away from children, cell phones and texting––and pretend you are getting to know one another for the first time. Continue reading →

Posted in Relationships, Women Helping Women | Tagged committment, communication, cooperation, focus on your partner, listen, show you care, stop abuse, take time | 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

Why Empower Women and Girls

Posted on July 20, 2012 by wsr_author

Imagine if every girl knew her real value, felt self-confident and knew no limits to her aspirations. What a different place the world would be!

Anea Bogue founded REALgirl® empowerment workshops and camps because she wanted girls to develop healthy self-esteem and define themselves on their own terms. Continue reading →

Posted in Mentoring, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Women Helping Women | Tagged media programming, patriarchal society, self-confidence, sense of self-value | 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