I am 53 today. I do not hide my age. It really is just a number. My personal and professional experience has made me all the wiser. My values, strengths and priorities are clearer to me than ever. They help me navigate my life. Just in the last few years …
Have you heard of the changes that LinkedIn is making in providing more flexible language and profile options for women who have left the workforce? One planned change will allow users to create separate sections for employment gaps and choose one of 10 different types of hiatus, including “parental leave,” …
Are you struggling to keep up with both work and family obligations? ⠀ There is so much more that women are dealing with today under this “shecession”! Please join me today, International Women’s Day and listen in to my conversation with Jodi Flynn on the Women Taking the Lead podcast. We talk …
Sunday, I spoke with fellow panelists & HR experts, Yana Shechterman, Michal Kimeldorfer & Nivi Rabbi, at a Women in NE conference. We are all optimistic looking into 2021 and here are the reasons why: 1. We are seeing a lot more emphasis given to DEI – Diversity Equity and Inclusion, …
2020 brought us challenges like no other. And yes, as much as we would like to just put it behind us, the pandemic is still not over. But, if you are reading this you have made it through the year. You made it work. You have adapted to a new …
The weekend before Thanksgiving my husband and I were walking around with gloomy faces. The thought of spending Thanksgiving with just the 2 of us was settling in. I watched my husband and said to myself: “True, this is not how we would like to celebrate the holiday, but it …
Earlier this month I underwent a small surgical procedure. I am completely fine. In normal times my husband would accompany me and hold my hand throughout. Covid times, no accompanying allowed. In the beginning I was embarrassed to ask to hold someone’s hand. As the procedure was progressing, and it …
This week this USA Today article popped into my feed and grabbed my attention: “Stressed about the election? You’re not alone. How to stay calm ahead of Nov. 3” I literally answered it out loud: “Yes I am stressed about the election.” With so much at stake in this election …
This time last year I was hiking with my son in Nepal. I was one very lucky parent getting to spend 3 whole weeks with her 25 year old son. There were many reasons for us not to go on the trip. My son, just a few weeks earlier, had …
This Monday, September 28, is Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement. As a secular Jew, for me this is a day of reflection, an opportunity to zoom out and consider where I could do better personally, as a person, a woman, a wife, a mother, a friend, and professionally, serving …
