The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day was #BreaktheBias and my contribution is to #BreaktheBias of Ageism and Stereotypes for Women Over 50. However, I think that women have always tried to break the gender bias as I discovered reading the Brontë sisters collection. I’ve mentioned before that I belong to a wonderful, yet intimate Book Club group that meets Online. We decided at the outset to study the classics and to start with reading all of the works…
Trust Your Instincts, Find Your Power and Tell Your Story: 5 Key Steps
My guest today is Annette Simmons, keynote speaker, consultant, and author of four books, including The Story Factor, listed in The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. She got her business degree from Louisiana State University in 1983, spent ten years in Australia in international business,…
I had planned something completely different to write for this month’s What’s On Your Bookshelf? Challenge and then I found a comment in a Facebook Group which prompted me to shelve my original idea (is that a pun?). Do you have any Marmite Books…
Happy New Year and welcome to our monthly What’s On Your Bookshelf? Link Party for January. which I co-host with my good friends and Online Book Club Members, Deb, Donna and Jo. A new year, with new opportunities to read – bliss! Don’t forget to copy the #whatsonyourbookshelfchallenge…
This is the fifth post in the What’s On Your Bookshelf? Challenge which I co-host with my good friends and Online Book Club Members, Deb, Donna and Jo. I love the idea of a monthly post because I can share my thoughts on reading…
This is the fourth post in the What’s On Your Bookshelf? Challenge which I co-host with my good friends and Online Book Club Members, Deb, Donna and Jo. I love the idea of a monthly post because I can share my thoughts on reading…
In September, I decided to press Pause on different areas of my life to take some time out. One area that was not negotiable though is my reading. I’ve always found great comfort from reading and especially during the last month when I’ve been…
From Crone to Creatrix, Author, Stephanie Raffelock, reclaims midlife and challenges ageist, sexist archetypes in her new memoir: Creatrix Rising – Unlocking the Power of Midlife Women. In her new book, Stephanie Raffelock liberates mold-defying midlife women, tired of the oft-inaccurate characterization of the…
This week’s prompt for #lifethisweek, hosted by Denyse Whelan is Question. Each week in my Living Well Letter to subscribers, and also in my Micro Mondays Podcast, I ask a question to ponder. A question that will encourage my readers and myself to take…
What was on my Bookshelf for July plus a New reading challenge for you to join
Reading is one of my guilty pleasures. Is there nothing better than curling up with a good book and a cuppa and ‘meeting new people” through the characters in a book? I love reading and getting lost in a book for a while. Mostly…