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I Have A Girl-Crush On Jane Fonda

Felice Shapiro | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Jane Fonda, TED Talks, Tedxwomen, Jane Fonda Plastic Surgery, Jane Fonda Workout, Aging Gracefully, Felice Shapiro, Post50 Health, Fifty News
Felice Shapiro

I particularly admire the way Jane Fonda sees her life as a series of three acts (each 30 years long) and says this third act will be her most significant. Why don't we all think this way?

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WATCH: The Single Biggest Health Threat To Women

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Video, Heart Disease, Women and Heart Disease, Women's Health, Tedxwomen, Heart Attack, Healthy Living News

Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer of American women. That's a statistic that can be surprising, given how much more we hear about a dis...

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These Teen Girls Are Going To Change The World! (WATCH)

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Female-Scientists, Video, TED Talks, Shree Bose, Tedxwomen, Lauren Hodge, Google Science Fair, Naomi Shah, Women Science, Amazing Teens, 2012 Google Science Fair, Teen Impact, High School News

Talk about girl power -- three American high school girls made headlines in November when they swept the 2011 international Google Science Fair, earni...

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Get Rid of Those Resolutions

Sophie Chiche | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Tedx, Tedxwomen, Goals, New Year's Resolution, New Year Resolutions, TED Talks, Success and Motivation, New Year Resolution, Video, Healthy Living News
Sophie Chiche

I don't like resolutions. New Year's, Easter, summer or any other kind. I don't like them because they don't work. They have never worked. They put emphasis on what we don't do, don't have or don't know how to get. They put a focus on what's wrong with us. What we are lacking.

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Life Coach Gabrielle Bernstein On Living Your Truth

Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Self-Improvement, Gabrielle Bernstein, Video, Tedxwomen, Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness, Truth, Healthy Living News

At last week's TEDxWomen conference in conjunction with New York's Paley Center for Media, author and life coach Gabrielle Bernstein spoke on moving f...

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It's Time For Gender Equality In Treatment Of Heart Disease

Barbra Streisand | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Healthy Hearts Women, Heart Health Women, Women's Health, Tedxwomen, Healthy Hearts, Women Heart Disease, Heart Health, Heart Disease Women, Women's Heart Health, Heart Disease, Impact News
Barbra Streisand

Women have made enormous strides. We've had women explore the depths of outer space, a woman has run for president of the United States, and a woman has served as speaker of the house. Yet a boys club still exists in the medical sciences.

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WATCH: Pat Mitchell, Host Of TEDxWomen, Talks Women In Media

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Paley Center, Video, Tedx, Tedxwomen, Amanda Fairbanks, Media Criticism, Media, Women in Media, Pat Mitchell, Women News

At the The Paley Center for Media's TEDxWomen yesterday, Pat Mitchell, the Center's President and CEO and host of the conference sat down with The Huf...

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Rachel Simmons On Girls And Self-Esteem

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Video, Parents-Teens, Tedx, Cyberbullying, Tedxwomen, Bullying, Amanda Fairbanks, Raising Girls, Raising Strong Girls, Rachel Simmons, Self-Esteem, Tedxwomen Conference, Parents News

On Thursday in New York, at the TEDxWomen Conference in midtown Manhattan, Rachel Simmons hosted a presentation about girls and self-esteem. Simmo...

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WATCH: How To Redefine Success

The Huffington Post | Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Success, Video, Tedx, Margaret Wheeler Johnson, Tedxwomen, Farah Miller, The Huffington Post, Laura Rowley, Career Advice, Failure, Career Advice for Women, Arianna Huffington, Women News

Yesterday, in conjunction with the Paley Center for Media's bicoastal TEDxWomen conference, Arianna Huffington hosted a panel discussion about the wa...

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Gloria Steinem Talks Women's Progress, Aging Well At TEDxWomen

Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Paley Center for Media, Aging Gracefully, Women's Equality, Women's Rights, Aging, Video, Women's Vote, Tedxwomen, Amanda Fairbanks, Gloria Steinem, Annie Carroll, Feminism, Fifty News

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem, author, activist and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, sat down with the Huffington Post’s Amanda Fairbanks in New York to d...

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Why Aren't we Hearing from Gen Y Women in the Workplace?

Erica Dhawan | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Radcliffe Institute, Nancy Cott, Baby Boomers, Tedx, TED Talks, Gen X, Tedxwomen, Gen Y, Erica Dhawan, Harvard, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Women in the Workplace, Sheryl Sandberg, Women News
Erica Dhawan

Women's forums, conferences and events -- both in the real world and online -- need to address and speak about the new issues that women of the next generation face.

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Just That Much Braver

Pat Mitchell | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Lamis Zein, Lebanon, Tedxwomen, Media News
Pat Mitchell

If you look beyond the headlines, something we aspire to do through our explorations and investigations at TEDxWomen, you'll hear stories of inspired nonviolence, too. Take Lamis Zein.

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Can Mothers Stop Terrorism?

Pat Mitchell | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Paley Center for Media, Tedxwomen, Terrorism, Pat Mitchell, Al Qaeda, Video, Media News
Pat Mitchell

In the face of violence, and the anemic response from too many governments, new visionaries are stepping forward to seek a more peaceful way. Dr. Edit Schlaffer, the founder of Women without Borders, is one of them.

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Weaving the Web of the World Even Tighter

Pat Mitchell | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Paley Center for Media, Connected, Tiffany Shlain, Tedxwomen, Pat Mitchell, Media News
Pat Mitchell

As we come of technological age, how can we be more skillful and more thoughtful in how we use the latest gadgets so as not to diffuse the power of our most fulfilling relationships and work?

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Miss TEDxWomen

Pat Mitchell | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Tedxwomen, Miss Representation, Christiane Amanpour, Jennifer Seibel Newsom, Media News
Pat Mitchell

As I have often reminded audiences, 86 percent of the purchasing power in this country is in the pockets of women. Let's use it!

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Girls Set to Speak Out at TEDxWomen

Pat Mitchell | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Eve Ensler, The Paley Center, Ted, Tedwomen, Tavi Gevinson, Tedxwomen, Media News
Pat Mitchell

As a lifelong feminist, the idea of empowering girls is especially close to my heart. Which is why girls are central to the programming for TEDxWomen this December.

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