Embracing Emotions: Happiness & Health
A couple of things happened the other day that inspired me to write this article I was giving my son a bath when he started to slip from my hands. The bathtub was slippery and I struggled a little to find balance and hold him. My three months old son recognized that something was not […]
Money vs Success: A Woman’s True Dream
I just got back from a social event where I saw a very successful woman. She has been career oriented and aggressive at work for a very long time. I know for a fact that she doesn’t let fear of gender discrimination stop her in her success. She was impeccably dressed at the event, classy, […]
Confidence vs. Self-Esteem: A Guide To Happiness
I don’t want to get into it too much, but I want to touch upon the subject of self-esteem and confidence briefly. We often see a lot of books on self-esteem and confidence, but I want to pose the question: do we understand the discrepancy between the two? Let me start off by stating that […]
The Joy Of A Housewife
So I have a friend who over the last couple months has told me that she doesn’t want to stay at home anymore. She feels things at home are becoming stale, uninteresting and pretty much every other synonym of the word boring. Yesterday, I met another woman who said to me that her grandmother taught […]
Are You Happy?
What is happiness? Do you know, do you think I know? I probably don’t, but I have an idea on how to look for it. How to foster that feeling. Let’s start with what people assume happiness is. Most think that if a person has an upbeat attitude with a smile on their face, then […]
Erasing Your Wrinkles Means Erasing Your Experiences
As we always do on weekends, my husband and I went out to do things together. Our weekends usually include just hanging out and holding hands, having lunches, grabbing and sharing chocolate in one of chocolateries around LA, shopping for both of us, movies, museums, you name it. Anyway, this particular weekend we decided to […]
Accept What You’re Feeling and Comfort Yourself
A couple of events happened the other day that triggered me to first – ponder, and second – write this article. The day I was bathing my son and suddenly, he started to slip from my hand. The bathtub was slippery and I couldn’t quite catch him steady enough, so I tried to find some […]
Social Media Has Made Us Obsessed With Virtual Attention
Almost everyone has at least one social media account. When I say almost everyone, it means there are still a few who don’t have any social media accounts. Having an account instills a sense of pride and if, for any reason, you don’t have one, certain crowds consider you a “weirdo”. Personally, our social media obsession has […]
Women’s Nature Is Family Not Sports
Yesterday I had a conversation with one of my close acquaintances. We talked about her daughter, and she shared that she pushes her daughter to be active and participate in sports. I asked her why she wants her daughter to be active in sports, but she wasn’t able to give me a reasonable answer. A […]
Society Should Not Define Your Success
I just got back from a social event where I saw a very successful woman. She has been career-oriented and aggressively working for a very long time. I know for a fact that she doesn’t let fear of gender discrimination stop her in her success endeavors. She was impeccably dressed at the event: classy, combed, […]