The first time I met Don and Sarah, they were on the verge of a painful divorce that neither of them really wanted. He’d just learned from one of their closest friends that she’d been having an affair, for almost a year. “How could you do this to me?” he cried out to her. “You […]
Category Archives: Healthy Relationships
How Two Lovers Overcame Infidelity by Daring to Show Each Other Who They Really Are.
Why Harsh Judgements of Women and Men are Harmful: The Pressure to Live Correct, Morally Perfect Lives is Forcing Us to Live a Remake of The Truman Show
In a recent Huff Post Travel blog, a woman tells of being searched by Vermont border guards who disapproved of her sexy underwear and looked “scathingly” at the condoms they discovered in one of her bags. About a week later in the airport at Montreal, she was detained for several hours and insulted by customs […]
What Sheryl Sandberg Misses About Impostor Syndrome: There are Two Versions, One for Women, the Other Reserved Exclusively for Men
The most controversial, and troubling, aspect of Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, is her advocacy of Lean In Circles and the way she pitches them to prospective members. Like empowerment groups, Lean In Circles are promoted as forums in which women are urged to share their personal stories […]