Mae West (1893 – 1980)
“Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can’t figure out what from” Mae West, born Mary Jane West, was to her core an entertainer, drawn to the stage from a young age at church socials and, ironically, going on to become a bawdy Vaudeville sex symbol, the subject of...
Queen Elizabeth (1553 – 1603)
“I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.” Very few people, and even fewer women, need to be told to be inspired by Elizabeth I. Even those who have not had the endless history...Building your resilience
You are going to face tests and challenges throughout your life. Building up your resilience is best done when life is relatively stable so it becomes a way of life and you are equipped if difficulties do come. Here are some, thoughts, behaviours and attitudes to...
Lyra Silvertongue – His Dark Materials
“It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.” ~ Alexandre Dumas, fils Whilst it might be counter productive to refer to the idea of impending womanhood as a “threat”,...
Happiness
It’s time for the soft launch of my downloadable book 100 Lessons in Happiness – part of the 100 Lessons series. Lessons in Happiness” This was a real experiment for me – to take profound lessons from positive psychology and turn each into a 100 word concept ...Women in the media
It’s Wednesday evening. On television tonight is the popular television phenomenon The Apprentice. Instead of watching The Apprentice tonight I sit here to write a blog for you on my own perceptions of the series, in particular, recent episodes. My partner is a big...Women in the news
Suddenly they are everywhere! Just skimming through news stories yesterday, here’s a tiny, disparate selection: IMF: after the DSK resignation in questionable circumstances , French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde appears to be the frontrunner for the IMF job....