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#HimToo: How Men Helped Advance My Career

October 30, 2017

#HimToo: How Men Helped Advance My Career

I was moved by the article ‘Thoughts on Vegas, and Why Men Keep Doing This,’ which describes the loneliness of men and how our culture (which lacks adult play) has led to mental illness and mass shootings. Further, I’ve been…

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What Kind of Help Do You Hire?

August 29, 2017

What Kind of Help Do You Hire?

When I was growing up, we didn’t have a nanny or babysitters, cleaners or assistants, therapists or life coaches. Yet now I have all of that and more! Americans have access to Amazon, Seamless, Instacart, Plated, Birchbox, Uber…where there’s a need,…

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Did You See the Total Solar Eclipse? An Event of a Lifetime

August 22, 2017

Did You See the Total Solar Eclipse? An Event of a Lifetime

Were you able to peak at the rare total eclipse yesterday? Even though total eclipses occur every year or two, a very small percentage of the world population has ever been in the path of totality. What made the 2017…

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Charlottesville: What You Can Do to Help

August 16, 2017

Charlottesville: What You Can Do to Help

I have been grappling with the aftermath of the Charlottesville events and trying to figure out what I can do, what message I can provide here. I don’t want to be silent, yet I didn’t know what to say. My…

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A Trump Supporter Dissents

July 27, 2017

A Trump Supporter Dissents

I like it when people are critical. It means they’re thinking and brave enough to raise their voice. For the 2008 presidential election, I was a McCain supporter, until he chose Palin as his running mate, resulting in my reluctant…

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Go Yale or Go Jail: How Did You Choose Your Child’s Education?

February 15, 2017

Go Yale or Go Jail: How Did You Choose Your Child’s Education?

Through his employer, Dean was able to score us passes to the Pebble Beach Pro-Am tournament this past weekend. It was really nice and the weather couldn’t be better. It’s seriously where the 1% hang out, which I never feel…

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Cal vs UVA

December 28, 2016

Cal vs UVA

Recently, we went as a family to the University of California at Berkeley (Cal) vs University of Virginia (UVA) basketball game at Haas Pavilion on the Cal campus. My brother-in-law Ronnie went to UVA for undergrad and med school. I…

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Duke vs UNC

August 24, 2016

Duke vs UNC

While in Raleigh-Durham, we took Franco on his first college tours! Tiger parenting in full effect. Ha! I’m joking. I really just wanted to see the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill and Duke campuses because I know they’re…

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Self Help: Coaching

May 17, 2016

Self Help: Coaching

For the past 2 months, I have been working with an executive coach and I’m surprised by how I’m slowly evolving into a better me. Dean says he has noticed a positive change. Background: I attended a women’s networking event…

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Self Help: Meditation

March 17, 2016

Self Help: Meditation

Something I have been doing regularly the past few months is meditating. I wish I could say I do it daily, but I mainly do it on the weekdays when I’m commuting into work. Without the commute on the weekends,…

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