Co-working groups are a variation on co-working spaces. I highly recommend employing this model and developing it as a women-centric variant of co-working spaces in order to achieve women’s business and life goals which exist outside of traditional business goals and operations. Please note that many, if not most, women’s business aspirations do fit within traditional […]
The Two Mothers of Mother's Day
The real story of Mother’s Day is beginning to be be recognized. What is so often thought of as a day to be nice to your mother has far more complexity, spirituality, and politics sewn into it than most contemporary people know. No matter how you slice it, the history of Mother’s Day is intimately […]
Xes, Sexes and Mitochondrial DNA
The X post is always a difficult but exceeding fun post to research and write for the A to Z Blogging Challenge. The X post that I wrote a while back, in April 2012, called The Exceptional World of The Letter X, on my personal blog is still a favorite of mine. Today I expand upon the […]
To Traverse Travails
Looking at the legacy of the first generation of women to breathe life into a global digital connection is no mean feat. Looking at it before it is completed is also problematic. Examining something of which we are a part is just what thoughtful people do. We cannot get outside the system of which we are a […]
Sacred Feminine
To talk about the feminine divine in today’s world, I think it is helpful to look at a basic definition of what sacred means. sacred adjective 1 the priest entered the sacred place: holy, hallowed, blessed, consecrated, sanctified, venerated, revered; archaic blest. 2 sacred music: religious, spiritual, devotional, church, ecclesiastical. ANTONYMS secular, profane. 3 the […]
Mothers and Others, the Mosaic of Women in Our Lives
Mothers Mothers are probably the most influential people in the world. I am not sure that it was always this way for every culture in the world. In Sparta, mothers gave their sons over to the state to begin training as warriors at age seven. In upper class, historic, European families mothers did not nurse […]