I grew up in the 1990s and the thing nobody warned me about is that the resilience my generation was praised for was just...
The Hidden Costs of Growing Up “Low Maintenance” in the 1990s
By the mid-1990s, studies showed that between half and two-thirds of American children in...
The most passive aggressive phrases at work don’t sound cruel on the surface, they can actually sound polite — “friendly reminder,” “per my last...
The Subtle Sting of Passive-Aggressive Phrases at Work
In a 2022 survey conducted by the language learning platform Preply, 1,264 Americans were asked to identify...
I asked 5 of my friends what they’d say at my funeral and then I sat quietly in my kitchen reading the answers and...
Reflections from a Quiet Kitchen: Understanding How We Truly Show Up
The kitchen was quiet in that particular Wednesday-morning way, after the school run, after...
The new feminism tells women they can have it all — but it doesn’t tell them what it costs
The Expensive Lie Behind “Having It All”
“Have it all” is one of the most expensive lies feminism ever sold women. Not because the ambition...
Stop asking what AI can do and start asking what it can’t
Rethinking AI and Careers: Focus on What It Can’t Do
For the last two years, nearly every discussion about artificial intelligence and its impact on...