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Her Badge of Honor: 3 Warrior Women Put the “Her” in Hero 

There are lots of studies focusing on the benefits of young girls who play with female action figures.  Think Katniss Everdeen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the equally confident version of Snow White in Snow White & The Huntsmen. But alongside these fictitious women of action are the fictional women of wits who also fight battles with a non-physical approach...

SPA Day - April 24th

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View Flyer Spa Day!

Sunday April 24th, 2016 11:00AM – 3:00PM

A Day to honor and thank our UNSUNG HEROES, wives of Wounded Warriors.

Spa Day gives women the opportunity to enjoy being a woman, bond with other women going through similar transitions, focus on their own care, and refresh and recharge. Spa Day includes massages, facials, swim & sauna, guest speakers and lunch by the pool.

To place your name in the drawing for a massage or facial simply click http://conta.cc/1NDCVrX to submit your Name, Phone Number and a brief description of your life as a caregiver & what you have found helpful to relax and rejuvenate amidst your challenges. The drawing will be held on March 28th and if chosen you will be informed by phone/email by March 30th.

Lunch is hosted by Hotel Del Coronado

RSVP BY: March 24, 2016

Questions call: 858-268-4432

SPONSORED BY:

Mother, Love, Fighter Sage Foundation

Southern Caregiver Resource Center

 

Five Reasons to Respect a Wounded Warrior's Wife

Five Reasons to Respect a Wounded Warrior's Wife

Think that caring for returned soldiers drains their wives' strength? Think again. It's no easy task, of course, but these women are forced to become rock-solid, ultra-capable forces of nature. Here are five reasons why messing with a wounded warrior's wife is NEVER a good idea...

Women to Watch: Hatshepsut

Women to Watch: Hatshepsut

Living out many of our colors is not new in the history women. One ancient woman who lived out her colors is the Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut (1479 - 1457B.C), whose name means "the Foremost of Noble Women." She had married her half-brother Thutmose II, and upon his death, declared herself Pharaoh, though he had a son by a lesser wife whose legacy should have been to immediately become King, with his mother as his advisor until he was older...

Women to Watch: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Women to Watch: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

American activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was certainly a warrior and a sage as well as a mother and lover. Married with seven children, she spoke in 1848 at the first convention on women's rights organized by women, The Seneca Falls Convention, named for where it was held in Seneca Falls, New York. There, she presented a document for which she was a principal author: The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions...

Inspirational Women: Helen Keller

Helen Keller was the first person that was both deaf and blind to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, which she received from Radcliffe College in 1904. The story of her journey and her struggles, as she battled to break free from the isolation of her world and into a world where she was able to communicate, was told through the well-known play and film The Miracle Worker...

Dress Your Daughter Up as an Inspirational Woman for Halloween

Dress Your Daughter Up as an Inspirational Woman for Halloween

This Halloween, why not dress your daughter up as an inspirational woman from history instead of a Disney princess? I love the idea and was inspired to post about it precisely because of this article I read that was aptly titled See the 5 Kick-Ass Women This Mom Dressed Her Daughter As Instead of a Disney Princess...

Inspirational Women: Abigail Adams

Inspirational Women: Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams (the second president of the United States) and the mother of John Quincy Adams (the sixth president of the United States). But, she was more than just a wife and mother...

Expectations of Women: The Pressure to Be Perfect

Expectations of Women: The Pressure to Be Perfect

Q: What do you think of the social expectations of women to be the perfect woman/mother? Are women pressured to fulfill these expectations?

A: I bought into the social expectation of the perfect daughter, wife and mother by attempting to be who I should be instead of who I truly was. Until I changed my inner paradigm, I wasn't free...

A Taste of U.S. History: Strong Southern Women

A Taste of U.S. History: Strong Southern Women

I'm spending the week in Tennessee and Georgia in preparation for this coming weekend's I Can Do It! conference in Atlanta, where I will be signing copies of my book, Unbridled: A Memoir...