Where Are the Women Leaders?

Where Are the Women Leaders?

If you were to believe the current narrative, there aren’t women leaders.  In my first leadership class, at University of San Diego, there wasn’t any mention of women leaders. NOT ONE! The usual suspects, including Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Theodore Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy were glorified.  However, half of the population was…

Telling My Story

Telling My Story

Hello Rebels, Click here to find the SD Voyager article featuring my story and our work on Representation Rebellion.  As I mentioned, it was not an easy story to tell, but I’m glad I did.  I hope you are inspired to tell your own story, join the Representation Rebellion Facebook page, sign up for the…

Stop Calling Me That

Stop Calling Me That

Over almost six decades on this planet, I’ve allowed you to call me names. When I was born, you said, “Oh, she’s the oldest, too bad she’s not a boy.” You called me insignificant. When I was a between the ages of six and eleven, you said, “It’s the 60s, man, free love. Peace.” You…

Kickass Aunties

Kickass Aunties

Hello Rebels, Meet my “kickass aunties,” Melda Murphy Arick and Maureen Murphy Renden.  I gave them this moniker, because the world considers them “seniors,” but they have created their own story and have no interest in retiring from their work, passion, or life.  Instead, they say, “…we do hope to always be life-long learners in…

Seeking

Seeking

Long ago, and before dating apps, there were personal ads. Through newspapers and magazines, those who were single (or not) or ready to settle down (allegedly) took out personal ads. So, let’s say I decided to go old school and take out a personal ad for friendship, here’s what mine would say: Invisible Middle-Aged Woman—Married,…