Anxiety is in the air. You can feel it everywhere — layoffs, political uncertainty, the gnawing fear that the earth is shifting beneath our feet.
In times like these, leadership can feel impossible. How can you lead when you don’t even know what the next week will bring?
The truth is courage to lead isn’t knowing all the answers. It’s stepping forward even when you don’t.
Read MoreWith days to go on Women’s History Month, the theme, “Moving Forward Together,” celebrating "Women Educating and Inspiring Generations" fits perfectly with Take The Lead’s suggested list of books by women authors writing about history.
Even with the trend of banned books and the threat to reduce funding to public libraries, the habit of reading (and listening) to books is high in this country, with more women consuming books in all forms—ink on paper, ebooks and audiobooks—than men. There is also a trend of more women publishing books than men—a gender gap worth applauding.
Read MoreWhat an amazing International Women’s Day 2025 I was privileged to experience! It was equal measure inspiring celebrations of women’s progress and passionate calls to action to change the state of the world for women, where rights won are being lost and many protections of equal treatment are being erased a warp speed.
The two events I attended both received well deserved standing ovations.
That’s because of the way each exemplified progress is possible through struggle and movement building. And each illustrated a poignant reminder that no step forward is forever unless there is constant activism.
Read MoreOn the third day of #womenshistorymonth, I’m reflecting on promises fulfilled and unfulfilled of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. I attended it in Beijing in 1995.
I was in the room where it happened 30 years ago. Two rooms where it happened, actually.
The experience was life changing. World changing. But that was then.
Read MoreMadeleine moved to a new state with her husband who got a great job there, but she felt the loss of grounding without family and friends and the stimulation of a large city. She approached me to volunteer for Take The Lead and we began to work on a plan.
“I’m feeling alive again,” she said.
In our fast-paced, often overwhelming world, anxiety, fear, and depression can creep in like shadows at dusk — persistent, heavy, and seemingly insurmountable. Yet, hidden in the very act of taking a step forward is a powerful remedy. Action, even in its smallest form, can serve as the antidote to these pervasive feelings.
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