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The Collapse of Parenting
“The child expects to look up to the parent, to be instructed by the parent… but if the parent instead serves the child, then that relationship falls out of its natural balance. You may not earn your child’s love at all” ~Leonard Sax
Kind Is the New Classy
“Kind and classy women celebrate the other women in every room rather than sizing them up.” ~Candace Cameron Bure
Start With Why
“Working hard for something we do not care about is called stress, working hard for something we love is called passion.” ~Simon Sinek
You Say More Than You Think
“We must not wait to be happy. We have to start right now, right this very second.” ~Janine Driver
Comeback Careers
The essential guide for women re-entering or re-inventing themselves in the workforce.
The Gifts of Imperfection
“Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.”
― Brené Brown
Atomic Habits
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.” ~James Clear
White Fragility
“The simplistic idea that racism is limited to individual intentional acts committed by unkind people is at the root of virtually all white defensiveness on this topic.” ~Robin DiAngelo
Joy at Work
“By organizing your work, you've given yourself a gift that goes far beyond a tidy desk, orderly calendar, or clean inbox. You've taken back some control of your work life..” ~Marie Kondo
Daring Greatly
“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.” ~Brené Brown
12 Rules for Life
“In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition-, religion- and even nation-centred cultures, partly to decrease the danger of group conflict. But we are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness, and that is no improvement at all.” ~Jordan B. Peterson
9 Things You Simply Must Do
“Avoidance always prolongs pain, in the end.” ~Henry Cloud
Joyful
“The only requirement is what you already have: an openness to discovering the joy that surrounds you.” ~Ingrid Fetell Lee
HBR Emotional Intelligence (series)
This series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work.
Necessary Endings
“Failing well means ending something that is not working and choosing to do something else better.” ~Dr Henry Cloud
Eat That Frog
“One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not be done at all.” ~Brian Tracy
Winning with Integrity
“Negotiating is not something to be avoided or feared - it's an everyday part of life.” ~Leigh Steinberg
Rising Strong
“It’s always helpful to remember that when perfectionism is driving, shame is riding shotgun.” ~Brené Brown
The Road Back to You
“The Enneagram doesn’t put you in a box. It shows you the box you’re already in and how to get out of it.” ~Ian Morgan Cron
The Coaching Habit
“If this were a haiku rather than a book, it would read: Tell less and ask more. Your advice is not as good As you think it is.” ~Michael Bungay Stanier