I'm a bit frazzled and discombobulated lately. There's so much going on around me and in my brain that I'm having trouble latching onto the now and being HERE. Instead, I'm bouncing around from one...

It has been said that "the surest way to keep a man in prison is not to let him know he's there." And the surest way to keep a woman from embracing her pure career ambition is to make her...

Damsels, I am writing to tell you that last night I met the proto Damsel in Success. The circumstances of how this meeting came about are unimportant; just suffice it to say that I found...

I don't know about you, but I could use a break from the constant barrage of bad financial news this week and from trying to read and absorb every detail of the economic crisis. I am going to ignore,...

“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” 
--Virginia Woolf

I recently moved into a new apartment, just across...

This is my horoscope for the month of February 2008 – the month that I resigned from my job as a national sales and marketing manager to write full-time – I thought it would be worth...

Despite the fact that I was in my mid-twenties by the time I started writing regularly, and despite the fact that I was almost thirty by the time I had my first official writing job, I think...

A reader sent me this question: "I have a cherished baby and a husband who is willing to support me. Women in my new mothers group pressure me to abandon my established small business any...

With baby boomers approaching retirement, I have come across many articles offering advice on what to do to prepare for the next generation leaders. The advice focuses on ways to make the field...

Having a family and being young and broke to boot, I am constantly on the lookout for ways to either save money or to increase my bank account. I am dabbling in investments, have a savings account...

A couple of weeks ago I was struggling for energy. After a long, relaxing holiday weekend visiting my family, I drove home energized and refreshed. Then I stepped into my house, and the feelings of...

While I was considering leaving the practice of law, I sat down and made a list of what I wanted out of my next job. My list consisted of things like flexibility, autonomy, creativity, the ability to...

There are a lot of things that I had hoped to accomplish before I turned 30. And although I seriously doubt I will become a millionaire or develop amazing...

Something strange is going on. I'm tired. Drag out, knock down, tired. All. The. Time. I guess it's not really all that strange. I think there are many reasons for this exhaustion, including the fact...

I made a big move this weekend, in the physical sense, as well as less literally. I moved to a new apartment in a new part of town, and it’s as if I’ve officially started a new phase in...

Somebody I love very much is dying and he will probably pass away quite soon. I haven’t had a shower in about a week because the baby has been sick and Jamie and I have been run-off-our-feet...

I make my living teaching women how to unapologetically own their ambition in a society that has a double standard. It’s our prevailing cultural paradigm: ambitious men are go-getters, but

With all this talk about work-life balance I decided it was time I learned some of the secrets. I’ve been looking for the Holy Grail of how to juggle all those important...

Speaking as a woman who has had multiple rounds in the Boxing Ring of Work with the Work/Life Balance issue especially since I returned  to Asia...

I thought something would happen the last week of March, but what was supposed to happen didn’t. See, I was supposed to figure out who the man of my dreams was this past week. Stop laughing....

Having one of those days where you left your iPod at home and the day just seems to be dragging on? Tired of wishing you were with all the cool kids at SXSW instead...

We women always try and look on the bright side. Case in point: a friend who was going through a painful divorce and custody battle said to me, “Well, at least I’ll lose a few...

Last month, CNN looked at relationships and their impact on careers, particularly among young women. The

This morning, my husband was talking about how much he has enjoyed the fact that I have such a flexible schedule now. Since I left my "Big Law" job a year ago - and even though I

Last week, one of our local news channels did a piece on women being able to "have it all."  They interviewed a woman who promotes relaxation, and believes that women need to take time...

While married, what did Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt have in common with 1/3 of American couples?  Before I answer that, let me share a question posted by a DamselsInSuccess reader: 

Last year I decided to participate in a mission trip to the Central African Republic to conduct research focused on micro-enterprise development through the Graduate Professional School Ministries...

As Thanksgiving approaches, I look forward to going home, lounging in the house I grew up in, eating my Mom’s turkey and mashed potatoes, and of course fighting with my three brothers. No...

It's pretty obvious that, if you're a heterosexual woman, having a partner that supports your self-determination will increase the likelihood that you have a satisfying relationship. Most of us know...

This post is an opening argument to the question, “Do women need men and/or children in order to be fulfilled?” The opposing viewpoint, from www.thestateof.com, can be read

Ambitious women drive ourselves crazy. I hear these sorts of comments all the time: “I love my career. That said, it demands a ton of hours. At home, my clean clothes and

I was an editorial assistant at Vogue in 1995-96. It was not a job I ever imagined I would have but one which I fell into and have never forgotten. This post is not a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada,...

Women who telecommute, at least part time, tell me, "I have a killer job." The pièce de résistance of their professional setup? "I can work from home when I need to. I...

When I was a little girl, my mother was often waiting for me when I walked in the door after school.  We spent countless hours in the kitchen cooking together, while I recounted the details of...

I am, what some may call, a habitual rebel by temperament. According to my mother, from the moment I could make up my own mind and say ‘no’ (that would be me from age 2 onwards), I had always...

To Do in the Next Four Weeks:
1. Finalize edits of manuscripts and proposals for books I will sell to publishers this August and September,...

My 30th birthday is right around the corner.  And I’m not freaking out.  I’m not.  Except for every time someone tells me, “Oh, you’re turning 30.  How do you feel about that?”

During my six years of law practice, I faced unrelenting pressure to please every partner, every client, every moment of every day, regardless of the personal toll, and not look like an out of...

As motherhood and work seem to be a hot topic on the boards, I wanted to offer my own comparison nugget.  Entrepreneurial pursuits seem to be kinder to mothers than the traditional corporate...

It's hard to tell your story when you are so used to telling others' for a living.  I ask people to put their lives and tales in front of the world every day.  Sometimes I have to convince...

I love, live and breathe fashion. I pick season’s colors, watch fashion trends, travel to Paris to source fabrics, and I sketch constantly.  Ah yes, and read fashion magazines and shop whenever...

To Do in the Next Six Weeks:
1. Finish the most challenging women’s health book I’ve written to date. Two weeks.

2. Prepare to market the 10 amazing authors whose books...

I don't want to tell you this, but I have to: I got fired from my very first job out of college. I still feel the twinges of shame and inadequacy, the fear that at the ripe old age of twenty-two my...

My name is Monica Favela George and I have a problem. I LOVE shoes. So much that I have risked my entire financial well being on launching my own shoe line.  I did not work for anyone else in...

Generally, I’m a free spirit when it comes to how I approach life but when it comes to work, I’ve always done what I should do opposed to what I want to do…until now.  The path has been a bit...

My life as a retail entrepreneur plays out like a twisted Mastercard commercial.  I  have paid a price for my vision and the many costs involved include forfeiting a six-figure salary; no...

I have been working in the art and legal fields in New York City for the past twelve years.  Three years ago I culled my favorite parts of each of these fields and launched my fine art...

I am so lucky to have the best of two lives – a professional one and a mommy one.  I am the mother of 2 gorgeous and extremely rambunctious (code for wild!) girls, 2 and 4 years old.  ...