Lisa Levart

Mother's Day in America didn't begin as a commercial holiday, but as a call for peace and women's activism. In 1870, horrified by the human devastation from the Civil War, Julia Ward Howe -- better known as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" -- conceived of an...

Individuals gathering in circles, fostering unity and co-creation is a powerful concept. And yet there is another paradigm for inspiration just as important -- the need for quiet introspection and time spent alone. Susan Cain wrote in The New York Times (The Rise of the New GroupThink) "people...

In a study reported by ScienceDaily, researchers from MIT, Carnegie Mellon University and Union College examined levels of collective intelligence in groups and found that those containing more women demonstrated greater "social sensitivity "-- the ability to perceive other members' emotions -- and thus performed better in complex...

Why do so many young women and girls in today's society feel disempowered? "You can't be what you can't see," Jennifer Siebel tells us in her new documentary "Miss Representation," which explores how mainstream media portrays women in limited ways. Namely, that womanhood means being young, beautiful and...

I have always loved autumn. It feels like new beginnings; a new grade at school, a new semester at college, a fresh start, and not surprisingly, my only child was born in October. It is also the time of the Autumn Equinox, a day when the duration of light and...

In a few weeks, I will give birth to an eight year-old -- or that is what self-publishing my first book feels like. When first conceived, I thought the path to publishing Goddess on Earth would be fairly complex but straightforward. Instead, it took me to unknown lands, introduced me...