Issue 198 — April 27, 2022 Within minutes after we concluded the virtual Take Time for You event on April 23, Jen Koeller wrote this note to me: Hi Gloria, I was very excited to attend today’s Take Time for You event because it spoke to me on many levels…

Issue 197 — April 18, 2022 I got so many flowers on my big 8–0 April 13 that I jokingly asked whether I had died. I’m incredibly fortunate to be alive and high kicking as I veer into Betty White territory. I’m looking forward to people thinking everything I do…

Issue 196 — April 11, 2022 Ketanji Brown Jackson.

(Thoughts about Madeleine Albright, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and You) Issue 195— March 28, 2022 The first time I gave a speech where I said “Be bold and carry out!” was to an audience of probably 1000 or so at the annual conference of WICT, Women In Cable Telecommunications. Smart, ambitious…

Issue 194 — March 21, 2022 That’s a no-brainer, right? But I’m serious. Studies have shown that women lose between $400,000 and over $1,000,000 cumulatively over a lifetime of work in comparison with men in equal jobs with equal experience. You deserve to be paid fairly and equally to others…

Issue 193 — March 14, 2022 It’s progress to be sure that March 15 marks Equal Pay Day 2022. Women now earn 83% of what men earn for matched full time work. Last year the annual recognition of when U.S. women had to work into 2021 before they earned what…

Issue 192 — March 8, 2022 My heart clutched as I watched Stephanie Ruhle interview Ukrainian Member of Parliament Kira Rudik on “The 11th Hour.” I urge you to watch it a few times, not to become fearful but to observe how she speaks powerfully AND with empathy, humanity, and…

Issue 191 — February 21, 2022 If you were eagerly awaiting the “Sex and the City” reboot, “And Just Like That,” perhaps you were one of many who concluded that you can’t go home again and expect it to be a satisfying visit. I loved the iconic television series back…

Issue 190 — February 7, 2022 Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of the 1619 Project said it like this: “At some point when you have proven yourself and fought your way into institutions that were not built for you, when you’ve proven you can compete and excel at the highest level, you…