There are lots of studies focusing on the benefits of young girls who play with female action figures. Think Katniss Everdeen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the equally confident version of Snow White in Snow White & The Huntsmen. But alongside these fictitious women of action are the fictional women of wits who also fight battles with a non-physical approach...
Severa Rodriquez - Guiding Guilt
When dealing with battlefield injuries, we typically focus on physical suffering. But there is an inner wound that is just as crippling to daily life once it attacks its victim: Guilt, more specifically, Survivor’s Guilt. It is said that “Guilt is to the soul what pain is to the body,” and for Severa Rodriquez, this adage personally resonated...
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Jessica Alba: The “Sweetheart” Sage
Remember the girl in high school who all the guys loved, but the girls embraced just as easily? Jessica Alba is our Sage who might as well be the Sage Prom Queen. She is broadly adored by Hollywood and by the general public with her humble nature and strong presence. Yes, you can have both! Here are 7 reasons Jessica Alba is a sweetheart of a Sage who teaches us you can have the best of both worlds...
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Inspirational Women: Helen Keller
Helen Keller was the first person that was both deaf and blind to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, which she received from Radcliffe College in 1904. The story of her journey and her struggles, as she battled to break free from the isolation of her world and into a world where she was able to communicate, was told through the well-known play and film The Miracle Worker...
Dress Your Daughter Up as an Inspirational Woman for Halloween
This Halloween, why not dress your daughter up as an inspirational woman from history instead of a Disney princess? I love the idea and was inspired to post about it precisely because of this article I read that was aptly titled See the 5 Kick-Ass Women This Mom Dressed Her Daughter As Instead of a Disney Princess...
