Today I’m answering a question from a 24 year old woman who is divorced after a young marriage and is wondering if trust issues from her past are getting in the way of her new relationship. She grew apart from her husband after he pulled some things that were “inexcusable”. She now realizes she didn’t […] Read more…
February 2012 archive
What Not to Miss Out on in Your Twenties
NEXT for Women Six Things 40-somethings Miss About Being Twenty-Something Last week 40:20 Vision answered a question for Next for Women, an engaging community for young professional women, from a 20-sometthing who wanted to make sure she didn’t miss out on the important things in her twenties. The 40:20 Vision panel chimed in with what they […] Read more…
Three Gifts for a 20-Something (59)
Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something woman would give a 20-something if she were a “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? ~1~ The ability to know how to ask for money in your 20s. Speak up and know what you deserve. ~2~ A money manager in your thirties. I don’t think you have much to manage early in […] Read more…
Giving Without Giving Yourself Up
“I think I have come to realize that you do have to work on relationships. You have to be willing to give, give, give and not always get something in return. I mean that for relationships with both men and women. The giving obviously is a reward in itself. But don’t confuse giving to a […] Read more…
How You Get Ahead When You Stop Comparing
In case you hadn’t seen this post about my learnings from yoga…applied to life, you can read it at The Huffington Post: How Yoga Taught Me to Grow Up and Stop Comparing“. I’m not a active “yogini” but listening more in the classes I do take has taught me the value of not comparing myself […] Read more…
Fail. Fail. Fail. Trust Me.
One 40-something woman’s message to 20-somethings on embracing failure. “Fail a lot in your twenties. I read a book in my twenties that was about not being afraid to fail and I never was. I came from a small town in Pennsylvania and I got an internship at MTV in New York. There were all […] Read more…
Three Gifts for a 20-Something (58)
Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something woman would give a 20-something if she were a “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? ~1~ A lifelong friend who is your mirror. A friend that stays with your from your twenties to your forties is your mirror. Your friends that stay with you from your youth through your forties are […] Read more…
Itemize Your Fear to Help You Embrace Risk
Last night I went to a panel at the 92nd Street Y with my Flash Friday partner and 20-something bounty of perspective, Molly Ford of Smart, Pretty and Awkward. Always a fun 20:40 exchange! The panel touched on the “risks and rewards that we face when forging new paths” from women who pioneered in the […] Read more…