Posts Tagged "women changing the world"

A True Hero: Razia Jan

Posted by on Oct 9, 2012 in Blog | Comments Off on A True Hero: Razia Jan

A True Hero:  Razia Jan

By now you must know that what I am most passionate about is Women Changing the World, right?  You can’t be on this site very long and not get that clue. I am priviledged to know many amazing, incredibly intelligent, and personally powerful women through the many networks, organizations and friendships that I hold dear.  There is a profound beauty and limitlessness in the women I know – the amazing women who are changing the world. Here is the story of one that I have not (yet) had the pleasure of meeting, but who has inspired me to reach further and expand again into greater...

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Want World Peace? Educate Our Girls.

Posted by on Oct 9, 2012 in Blog, Media | Comments Off on Want World Peace? Educate Our Girls.

Want World Peace?  Educate Our Girls.

There are children starving all over the world.  The largest and hungriest group starving are girls.  Many of them are not starving because their families can’t feed them, or because of lack of food.  Many will spend their whole lives in this weak and hopeless condition of constant hunger; making them dependent on others for their very survival.  They are starving, even when they are eating.  What they are hungry for is knowledge.  Education.  A chance to learn.  To read, to write, to think beyond the walls of the barriers others have placed before them. There is freedom in education....

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YOU are the Difference

Posted by on Sep 29, 2012 in Blog, Media | Comments Off on YOU are the Difference

YOU are the Difference

It was something of a revelation for me when I realized that I am not here to make a difference.  I had spent most of my adult life with the idea of making a difference.  Then the opportunity hit me – the opportunity to be in conversation with someone else who was also here to make a difference.  I wanted to know how she was going to go about it when it suddenly struck me that it isn’t in the doing that matters.  Like most other meaningful things, it is in the BEING.  I am not here to make a difference.  I am here to BE THE DIFFERENCE. I speak fairly regularly on the subject of...

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The Wrong Message: Competition

Posted by on Jul 18, 2012 in Blog, Media | Comments Off on The Wrong Message: Competition

The Wrong Message: Competition

I was flipping through the television channels last night and working through my disappointment at the lack of quality programming to choose from when something started to really stand out to me bigger than it has before: the Competition Stereotype of women on television is alive and raging! Four Weddings;  a new show where four brides tear at each other’s happiness and special day through competing for the “best” wedding!  (I thought weddings were about vows and commitment and love?) Toddlers in Tiara’s;  beautiful young girls and their horrifying mother’s...

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Dreams to Reality: Where to Start

Posted by on May 17, 2012 in Blog, Media | Comments Off on Dreams to Reality: Where to Start

Dreams to Reality: Where to Start

 I have never met a person who didn’t have a dream.  Everyone wants something, right?   What is your dream?  How much do you want it?  Do you want it enough to actually do what it takes to get it?  What exactly does it take to get it?  Where do you start? Not all dreams have to be monumental.  Reaching our little dreams can produce a great deal of satisfaction and can really add up to one incredible journey.  Consistently achieving my little dreams is actually a strategy of mine for reaching larger ones.  Here’s how it looks: Big dream:  I want to be a catalyst for change that results in the...

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