During the coming months, I plan to write a lot about issues affecting women in the business world, from pay disparities to the differences between male and female work styles. But first, I'd like to tell my own story.
The times may be very different from 1961, but the need to have a transformational possibility issued by a transcendent leader is even greater than it was then.
Happy Solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Festivus and all the rest of it. Here in New Orleans the balconies are glowing and the holidays are n...
The spirit of the holiday season is now spreading all over the world. For most people, this is the time of good will. I believe that we should take the good will of the holiday season into our everyday lives.
In our rejection of willful ignorance, we need look for ways to give back to those less fortunate than us and to make changes in our own lives that can directly improve the quality of life for others.
Christmas is upon us, and for many Santa's bag full of surprises includes an assortment of personal dilemmas all having to do with ... Santa.
It's that time of year for active giving and receiving. As I choose which of the soliciting envelopes to open, I've been reflecting on my own different ways of giving and receiving back.
You wake up, and start plugging in numbers into a spreadsheet, ending up with a budget for a $15 million movie. Then you realize you don't know enough rich dentists to finance that, so you cut the budget...
I visited Kiberia last week. With local NGO leaders as our guide (and two soldiers carrying automatic rifles) we walked through an adjacent neighborhood slum of Nbuta to visit some families that live there.
In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet.
Receiving a gift tells us that someone cares. Giving, on the other hand, tells us more about ourselves; increases the bond between us and provokes mindfulness.
The even greater benefit of giving in this manner is that you find out not only the non-profits and charities that your clients support, but get to hear the story of how and why they chose them.
K9 connection is a remarkable organization whose mission is to teach at-risk teens how to train homeless shelter dogs in basic obedience skills in order to increase their chances of adoption.
The experience of running convinced me that women have a tremendous natural ability for politics. We just have to get over our fear of it and go for the brass ring.
Helping a new generation achieve their dreams begins with strong families bound together through special experiences. That is why holidays are so vitally important.
Recent studies of human behavior are revealing that survival skills also required such qualities as compassion, mutual understanding and collaboration, even selflessness.
Swadeshi means self-sufficiency. It was a key part of Gandhi's strategy to free India from British rule. Today, there's a new kind of swadeshi with online social activism.
Is happiness something that we can really pursue? If so, how would we define what happiness is, and when would we know if or when we've got it?
This time of the year is one in which we are being showered with spiritual Light. This Light comes as a blessing: to let us see more clearly where we might have something to learn.
How many of you consider yourselves a philanthropist? The word conjures up super elite icons like Bill Gates, Oprah and Warren Buffet. However, the true definition of philanthropist is "lover of humanity."
Have you seen those commercials for McDonald's where a guy roams around trying to get something for a dollar? I think he gets a wire clothes hanger an...
