Beatrice – Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare)
Possibly Shakespeare’s most playful heroine, Beatrice is the perfect vessel for his joyful manipulation of language and imagery to shine. She is a woman of sharp wit and a feisty intelligence, who has earned their respect and friendship of the influential men with...Taking stock
A great deal has already been said by a lot of people about the events of this week. I still don’t feel I can ignore it here. We have, I am sure, all experienced a roller coaster of emotions in London and other cities around the UK. Some of our certainties have been...
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...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...
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...
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 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....
Don’t worry, be happy ♫
Preparing for the newspaper review on Sky on Saturday, I came across an article in The Times which talked about how much women worry. To the point that they worry about worrying. Many women seemed to be in a constant state of heightened anxiety. Men it would appear,...Where are all the women?
At White Water Women, we are spending a lot of time and energy working with women to help them reach leadership positions in the corporate world to ensure more balance, stable representation of diverse views. Then we got to thinking. Some women find that corporate...