On Mother's Day, It's You and Me Against The World (For My Children) "Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own.."~ Donna Ball This video was created by The Dragonfly Whisperer and is dedicated to my children. I used to sing this Helen Reddy song to them at bed time. Even though the video applies to all loving mothers, I fell it especially applies to single mothers, who devote their time and love to … [Read more...]
Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Nigeria
May 4, 2013 by
Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Nigeria: The Desirability and Inevitability of a Pragmatic Approach KELLY BRYAN OVIE EJUMUDO, Ph. D Abstract Promoting gender equality has become a globally recognized and an acceptable reality. Gender issues have also been identified as critical to the achievement of national development goals. In fact, the attainment of gender equality is not only seen as an end in itself it is equally a catalyst to, and a sine-qua-non for the achievement … [Read more...]
Women Taking Action: NGOWG MAP – May 2013
May 3, 2013 by
NGOWG MAP - May 2013: BiH, Central African Republic, Central African region, DRC, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria, Yemen; Counter terrorism, WPS The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security has released the May 2013 version of our Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security for the UN Security Council. For May, in which Togo has the Security Council presidency, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Bosnia and … [Read more...]
Women! Live Your Sun: It’s Your Life Force
May 2, 2013 by
Many years ago, I coined a phrase: "Live your sun, satisfy your moon." If you can manage these two things, you'll be well on your way towards enjoying a fulfilling life Your sun represents your vital life energy. It seems it would be automatically expressed, but this is not always the case. I want to cover this today. Your sun has to do with your vocation in life. It shows how your vital life energy is best expressed. People think they live their sun, but that's not … [Read more...]
Saturn transiting Scorpio, meeting our shadow-sides, hang on!
April 29, 2013 by
With Saturn transiting Scorpio, many of us are meeting our shadow-sides. We see that we are not quite a nice or innocent as we believed. Recently I had a client contact me after stumbling onto a part of her personality that she found repulsive. She was glad to have someone to confide in. I told her that this happens to everyone, eventually. It's happened to me. I struggled when I was confronted with my shadow side. Here's what I wrote about that in my book, Heaven, I Mean Circle … [Read more...]
