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Waking Up

When I think about what has made my life meaningful, it’s come from those experiences where I woke up.  Events that rocked my world when I was confronted  with truths that  ran counter to how I was living my life. As a young woman [...]

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Waking Up

When I think about what has made my life meaningful, it’s come from those experiences where I woke up.  Events that rocked my world when I was confronted  with truths that  ran counter to how I was living my life. As a young woman I was awakened as a  result of living through the Viet Nam war and the second wave of Feminism. As the Viet [...]

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What I Hold

This past weekend I hunkered down with treasured artist Maira Kalman’s latest book, Women Holding Things, a collection of playful drawings of women holding things accompanied by Kalman’s witty commentary. This delightful book prompted me to make a list of some of the things I hold along with those that will free me up if I stop holding [...]

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“Barbie” Meets Two Old Women

GUEST POST by JANET WEIL “Barbie” is the Talk of Summer 2023. I saw this hyped movie as a break from move-in housework, as I’ve just transitioned to the Barbie heartland of Southern California. Some laughs and a mild satire of the iconic doll were all I expected. Instead, my mind was blown by this ambitious dive into the representation [...]

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Play Ball!

GUEST POST By BARBARA BENGELS I have to make sure that the Mets aren’t playing whenever I call my dear friend Anna Lea. She’s 92 and a late comer to baseball, has only been obsessed for the past thirty years. Some of my college students are equally engrossed, even asking if they could miss an occasional class which “interfered” with [...]

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Gratitude To the Women Who Shaped My Life

As we move into Women’s History Month, the tendency is to celebrate famous women in the arts and politics, giving short strife to those less famous women who made an indelible impression on our lives. For Women’s History Month, I’m honoring relatives, neighbors, schoolteachers, and others who took me under their wing to model courage, [...]

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Shedding Anger

One of the most valuable lessons aging has bestowed on me is the importance of shedding anger.  The less anger I hold, the more inner peace I possess. I’ve learned to release a lot of my anger by developing new narratives to replace those that made my blood boil. My new story path originated through writing about my mother.  When I submitted [...]

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Healing A Mother Wound

Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and while it’s a joyful time to honor mothers, it can also be an unsettling occasion for those adult daughters with a pronounced mother wound. The holiday can reawaken a daughter’s memories of the maternal hurt she experienced growing up and which continues to affect her primary relationships. [...]

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Women’s Friendships As A Lifeline

A friend once said,  “If grown women had pajama parties, they wouldn’t need therapists.” She was referring to the close connections among girls that often get lost when women mature, becoming preoccupied with family and careers. Feminist psychology contends that because women are affiliative by nature they frequently find their voice [...]

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