How to Tell If Someone Is Manipulating You—And What to Do About It

From TIME authored by Cassie Shortsleeve: “If you’ve ever felt like something is off in a close relationship or casual encounter—you’re being pressured, controlled or even feel like you’re questioning yourself more than usual—it could be manipulation. “Manipulation is an emotionally unhealthy psychological strategy used by people who are incapable of asking for what they want and […]

Lady Gaga Opened Up About the “Tornado of Pain” Caused by Sexual Assault and Mental Health Issues

From Teen Vogue authored by Andrea Park: “In the past few years, Lady Gaga has spoken out time and again about the mental and physical pain she’s experienced due to her fibromyalgia, mental health issues, and ongoing trauma from the sexual assault she experienced at age 19. On Monday night, while being honored at Elle‘s Women in Hollywood event in Los […]

The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world

From The Guardian authored by Harriet Griffey: “It is difficult to imagine life before our personal and professional worlds were so dominated and “switched on” via smartphones and the other devices that make us accessible and, crucially, so easily distractible and interruptible every second of the day. This constant fragmentation of our time and concentration […]

The Five-Year-Old Who Was Detained at the Border and Persuaded to Sign Away Her Rights

From The New Yorker authored by Sarah Stillman: “Helen—a smart, cheerful five-year-old girl—is an asylum seeker from Honduras. This summer, when a social worker asked her to identify her strengths, Helen shared her pride in “her ability to learn fast and express her feelings and concerns.” She also recounted her favorite activities (“playing with her dolls”), […]

Powerful Women Talk About Power (And Powerlessness)

From The Cut introduction by Hanna Rosin: “’You have power when so many women are powerless!’ said a sexual-assault survivor as she confronted senator Jeff Flake. The woman who spoke these words was, at that moment, pinning him into the corner of an elevator. He looked stricken and ashamed, like a boy caught with one foot out […]

How Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony Changed America

From TIME authored by Hailey Sweetland Edwards: “History often seems inexorable in hindsight, shaped by powerful figures operating beyond our control. But when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford walked in to face the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 27, raised her right hand and swore to tell the truth, it was clear that an unassuming psychology […]

Leadership Expert Simon Sinek on the Importance of Finding Your Tribe

From Heleo authored by Heleo Editors: “Simon Sinek is a bestselling author and leadership expert whose TED Talk, “How Great Leaders Inspire Action,” has been viewed over 40 million times, making it one of the most popular TED Talks of all time. He recently joined Jordan Harbinger on The Jordan Harbinger Show to discuss how to build trusting relationships, and why […]

This Attorney Mom Has the Perfect Trick for Fitting Exercise Into a Busy Schedule

From Working Mother authored by Sophie Power as told to Audrey Goodson Kingo: “Kristen Riemenschneider LOCATION Fairfax, VA CHILDREN Keira, 9, Katelyn, 8, and Benjamin, 5 This mom of three and attorney at the Washington, D.C., office of Working Mother 100 Best Company Arnold & Porter doesn’t consider herself an expert on the subject of working motherhood. “Every day […]

Biglaw Practice Leader Encourages Women To Tell Him If They Plan On Becoming Pregnant… For ‘Budgetary Reasons’

From Above the Law authored by Sophie Power as told to Elie Mystal: “You’d really think that a law firm partner would know better than to potentially violate anti-discrimination laws in a well attended meeting of a practice group. Then again, most people don’t really know Jones Day. The firm has built up quite a […]

Ultramarathoner Sophie Power on breastfeeding while running 106 miles

From ESPNW authored by Sophie Power as told to Natalie Gingrich Mackenzie: “I was never sporty growing up. I was second to last in the mile. So my friends find it hilarious that I’m an ultramarathoner now. Perhaps even more so that I’m now famous for breastfeeding my 3-month-old son, Cormac, during a race, which […]

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