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Raising my daughter

I have been following Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani. What interests me most is her discussions surrounding how girls are raised to be beautiful, smart and successful. Any deviation from this goal cause girls anxiety. The effect of this conditioning is we don’t try, we erase our efforts for fear of being judged. Boys fall, scrape their …

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Encouraging Expression

Within all the daily noise and the rush of limited time, very often; we don’t listen. Remind yourself of what it’s like to converse with someone who talks incessantly.  Consider how that feels, almost always I feel impatient, anxious and restless to leave. Those conversations drain us, silence us; we give up and withdraw. We …

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My #TedxVancouver Takeaway

For me personally, the most fascinating information shared at TedxVancouver was by Laura Boyd, Canada Research Chair in Neurobiology and Motor Learning.  What she said not only made clear the potential for everyone’s learning and recovery but offered so much optimism.  Hope for parents of children with learning disabilities; people I meet each day who are concerned …

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