Lean In? Opt Out? All I Know Is I’m Dizzy by Kim Siegal “The problem is, many of us are taught we can have it all. Work full-time, part-time, stay at home, work at home, freelance, become a momtrepreneur. The choice and the world is yours. It’s the quintessentially American middle-class meritocratic ethos accelerated by […]
Guest Post by Nicole’s brother -in-law David Seawell: “Sheryl Sandberg is a giant in our house. My wife and I first became aware of her from her TED talk when it was posted in late 2010. I’m a TED junkie and I made her sit and watch it with me. I haven’t read Lean In, but the TED […]
I have been wondering, how many other women have “leaned away” from full-fledged career ambition and toward a perceived “safer” path in anticipation of someday motherhood—before children were even on the radar? It is unlikely anyone would have ever pegged me for one of those women. From high school on, I threw myself into an […]
Three Wixii™ Reads Reviewing & Weighing In on Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, by Sheryl Sandberg Why Sandberg Matters for Real Women by Judith Warner “It’s easy to believe that women like Sandberg breathe a rarefied air, or are touched by magical qualities that protect them from the challenges the rest of us […]
When I hear the word “balance,” images of gravity defying Cirque du Soleil acrobats swing through my mind, not the frenetic pace of my daily work-life mix of mothering my three active young sons while building the Women In the Mix brand, as well as completing my small firm CFO work and volunteer obligations. I […]
