by adminwomen | Oct 24, 2019 | Empowerment, Midlife Transitions, Resilience
I was sitting in my financial planner’s office and she turned to me and said, “You could retire today, Donna.” I felt my stomach drop and many parts inside of me started screaming. I wasn’t ready to retire yet! Then, unexpectedly, I started tearing up. I got...
by adminwomen | Sep 17, 2017 | Divorce, Resilience
There are many ways to learn how to be RESILIENT. The hard way—going through something really difficult and coming out on the other side intact—is one path many people take to learn how to be more resilient. Usually this takes getting support when you are struggling...
by adminwomen | Aug 15, 2017 | Divorce, Empowerment, Midlife Transitions, Resilience, Women empowering women
Mt. Kilimanjaro is a stunning sight in Tanzania. Climbing this peak for me was about empowering myself along with 4 other Tanzanian women to get to the top. Women empowering women!! Empowerment is about learning to face your fears. I’m learning through my own life...
by adminwomen | Jun 1, 2017 | Resilience
Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D.in her books The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works & The Upside of Stress describes the Neuroscience of Change as “two different selves inside of us playing it out in the brain.” What she means is that we have the opportunity to...
