This weekend, You Magazine’s editor, Jo Elvin titled her Editors Letter “Ease Up Superwomen!” with a really open and honest personal story of how she struggled once she had been made redundant as it really challenged her identity. We take such pride in being considered strong, we feel that we have to be busy all the time in order to be taken seriously – I’m as bad as anyone else at not being able to sit down for any length of time which makes me think that sometimes we need to ask ourselves, WHY we are feeling the need to be superwoman? Who are we doing it for? Who are we trying to prove something to? Because if we are running from something below the surface, we will just keep running. It’s not going to go away. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a real plate spinner and that’s often a necessity in modern life but if it gets to the stage that you CAN’T stop or you are CONSTANTLY on the go in order to feel like you have to keep up, to fit in – then I think we have to be careful that we aren’t heading for a brick wall.
One of my best friend's daughters recently gave a Ted talk, which was amazing and offered the simple yet profound observation that yes we are all different, but the challenge is in staying different. If only we could get our heads around the fact that we don't have to be the same, achieve the same or live the same, then we might give ourselves space to truly blossom.
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108 Cliteracy and The G-Spot
107 Your Sexlife, Dutiful or Beautiful?
106 Helena Croft: Once a Shy Girl, Now A Warrior For Women
105 Not Scary For Cary
104 To HRT or Not?
103 Diane Danzebrink on menopause, breaking point and activism
102 Brave Enough
101 What Is Normal? Does it even exist?
100 Coming Out and The Story So Far
099 It Isn't What It Is
098 Follow Your Nose
097 GIVE IT LEGS
096 Jo Good, She’s The Rolling Stone
095 Women, Politics, Patriarchy and Weight Loss – A walk in the park with Alison Cork
094 WHAT IS GOOD SEX?
093 TESTOSTERONE IS NOT JUST FOR BOYS
092 FOODS, MOODS, AND HORMONES
091 MENOPAUSE, HRT AND HOW TO APPROACH YOUR GP
090 WHAT IF THERE'S NO SABRE-TOOTH TIGER
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