by Pam Hernandez | Oct 30, 2016 | Change, Front Page, Mothers, Personal Growth, Positive Psychology, Unconscious Bias
A dear friend of mine is dealing with the imminent death of her 98-year old mother. Her parents have been married for 72 years and the next days and perhaps weeks loom large. I walked this path with my own father a few years ago. My mother passed away over 40 years...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 8, 2016 | Career, Children, Front Page, Generations, Mothers
“I so wish I could give my girls a more just world, but I know you’ll make it a better place.” Marmee to Meg and Jo in Little Women At more than one women’s gathering lately, I have heard Baby Boomer women lament that Millennial women don’t seem to appreciate the...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 4, 2016 | Children, Fathers, Front Page, Mothers, self confidence
When my girls were young, one of their favorite books was The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch. The Paper Bag Princess. Quick storyline: Elizabeth, a beautiful princess, lives in a castle and wears fancy clothes. Just when she is about to marry Prince Ronald, a...
by Pam Hernandez | Mar 20, 2016 | Boundaries, Front Page, Mothers, Relationships
Mending Wall is the title of one of my favorite poems by Robert Frost. (scroll down for full verse) There are two seemingly contradictory lines in it that I love. The first: “Good fences make good neighbors,” which means when we stay on our side of the fence, we’re...
by Pam Hernandez | Feb 13, 2016 | Change, Children, Front Page, Mothers, Personal Growth, Well-being
Last night I spoke at a UNO women’s basketball game. It was their “Pink’d Out” night raising awareness of breast cancer. As a two-time survivor I was asked to speak along with another woman I met that evening, Ashlie. We were a study in contrasts. She is only 33, a...
by Pam Hernandez | May 29, 2015 | ebook, Fathers, Front Page, Mothers, Self Acceptance
When you’re a woman with children, this question is freighted with meaning. When you’re a woman with children and you are working outside the home, the question is even weightier. Are you a wife, a mother, a daughter, a professional – some weird combination with...
