For weeks and weeks, I would listen to my friend list her struggles at work. I would hold her as she sobbed over her perceived failures and inability to excel in her new role. We would rehash her most recent meeting and she would beat herself up over an answer she did not have or a slide that was missed. The way she described her performance at work was a constant beating on her own self esteem. She would spend 1% of every day celebrating her success and 99% of every day treating herself like crap. She would explain her failures to me and ask how she should proceed; what she could do to fix the situation she had gotten herself into. Every day felt to her like she was standing on the edge of a cliff and with one strong wind gust, she would be blown over the edge into a freefall that she could never recover from. The voices in her head said, “You are not good enough, you are not smart enough, you are not capable, you cannot do this.” …. she nearly gave up, nearly convinced herself that those voices were speaking the truth. The truth was that all along those voices in her head were telling bold faced lies.
Tag Archives: women
Just Be a Mom
Here is to the moms. The expecting moms, the new moms, the first-time moms, the experienced moms, the corporate moms, the struggling moms, the exhausted moms, the multi-tasking moms…. All of these “moms” describe me at some point in my life.
THIS PLAYING FIELD IS NOT EVEN
What if every corporation was required to have equal representation on their executive team within the next 10 years? Equal number of men to women and diversity representation. If this was a requirement and every corporation had to meet the requirement, just like they are required to provide a safe working environment for all employees.
The Heart of the Middle 