In my late twenties, I asked my boyfriend how he thought having a family might work. Our standard weekday ended with dinner at 9pm, after 12+ hours at the office. “I know just how it will work,” my boyfriend gamely replied. He grabbed a pad and sketched out our future. He drew stick figures of [...]
What to wear to work? How much freedom do we really have – check out our new Washington Post “On Leadership” column.
A recent article on The Bump highlighted the 10 Biggest New Mom Surprises (and How to Deal). Amidst noisy poop and bad breastfeeding experiences they mentioned this nugget: “Going back to work is hard.” This is one of the top 10 surprises? Really? I have not yet met a single mom who is thinking about [...]
This week on KZSU’s talk show—“What Would Your Mother Say” a show that talks candidly about campus life at Stanford with young adults and mothers – we talked to two different authors (former Stanford grads) with conflicting opinions on how to pick your life partner. Lori Gottlieb, author of Marry Him, The Case for Settling [...]
Yes we can” was Obama’s great rallying cry – what happens when we girlfriends adopt it as our own? Marathoners Paula Radcliffe and Kara Goucher just reminded me. The New York Times tells how Goucher went to Radcliffe for advice – how to compete at the top while pregnant. Since Radcliffe herself was pregnant (2nd [...]
Yesterday, I got a message at work from my third child’s nursery school: “Your son is making play weapons at school – light sabers, swords and shields. These are not appropriate for nursery school play. Please work with him to understand that these are not ok toys.” This is my third child, and second boy [...]
In 2002, Norway enacted a law requiring that 40 percent of all board members at state-owned and publicly listed companies be women by 2008. Since then, Spain and the Netherlands have passed similar laws. Now Belgium, Britain, Germany, France and Sweden are considering legislative measures involving female quotas. And although Germany is also debating such a [...]
David Paterson is keeping me up at night. Whether he remains New York’s governor is not my worry – I live across the country and even liked how he confessed his own foibles while taking office. Since then, the governor’s decline and alleged misuse of power have been sad. But what really troubles me is [...]
I recently went with my family on a wonderful trip to the Mayan Riviera, a beach community about 1 hour south of Cancun. A great adventure trip with snorkeling, kayaking, cave explorations and jungle ziplines. It was a perfect week except for one challenge: my blackberry. The red light was blinking. Messages were coming in. [...]
Yesterday, I got an email from my high school track coach — he asked if I’m still working on my 400 meter dash (let me tell you, it needed work.) I wasn’t a natural athlete. I was a bookish girl who liked ballet and chorus. For most of my childhood, no one seemed worried about [...]
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