by Pam Hernandez | Jun 17, 2019 | Coaching, Corporate Culture, Front Page, Leadership, Personal Growth, Relationships
In diversity and inclusion work, one of the hardest concepts for people to grasp is the difference between intent and impact. Often, when we’re told that something we did or said was hurtful, demeaning, discriminatory etc., we’ll respond sincerely, “That wasn’t my...
by Pam Hernandez | May 29, 2017 | Children, Fathers, Front Page, Generations, Mothers, Personal Growth, Relationships
I friend of one of my grown daughters sent her a text today: She said, “I’ve had a rough week and last night I dreamt that I came back to your old house for some mama Hernandez love.” I was so touched. And it reminded me that we never know the effect that we have on...
by Chelsea Hernandez | May 12, 2017 | Children, Front Page, Generations, Mothers, Relationships
My daughter Chelsea wrote this lovely tribute to mothers as seen through her eyes growing up. I was raised in a separate world from you. Yes, we played naked together in sprinklers and sat side by side in a turtle shaped sand pit But when our halcyon days ended...
by Pam Hernandez | May 13, 2016 | Front Page, Generations, Relationships
I watched Pleasantville last night, a movie I hadn’t seen in years. It inspired me to write this blog, which is more my personal philosophy than the personal growth aspect of my work. Still, it seemed relevant to so many things going on in the world now and I know it...
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...