Sessions, Puerto Rico, Border Separations: 3 News Stories You Should Read Today – 5/30/2018
Reading Time: 2 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. In the category of: Not all BFF’s last
Read MoreReading Time: 2 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. In the category of: Not all BFF’s last
Read MoreReading Time: 5 minutes I’ve long had a contradictory relationship with the beauty industry. On one hand, I think physical beauty is meaningless, revealing nothing other than our genes, our talent with makeup, and/or the skill of our plastic surgeon. Having a fit body does require work, however, no amount of working out can give a person long legs. On the other hand, humans are hard-wired to respond to whatever beauty standard currently prevails (and beauty is cultural and dynamic, though the internet has made the standards more and more similar, if my brief exposure to last year’s Miss Universe pageant is any indication). But on yet another hand (work with me here), I can’t say I’m immune to such things, as a longtime admirer of the male form and subscriber to both Vogue and Elle. Which have excellent articles, but are mainly about pretty people in pretty clothes.
Read MoreReading Time: 5 minutes Research has shown that a short nap (up to 30 minutes) can:
Increase your willpower
Jumpstart your creativity
Enhance your motor skills
Reduce stress
Actually enhance your ability to sleep well that night (as opposed to the caffeine hit)
Elevate your mood
Reading Time: 2 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. With ‘Spygate,’ Trump Shows How He Uses Conspiracy
Read MoreReading Time: 2 minutes The Old and New Testament were not kind to women; we were sold by our fathers, raped by our husbands, and even Mary was impregnated by God without consent. Female choice or pleasure is never been rewarded or even considered in the Bible(s).
Read MoreReading Time: 5 minutes So those kids are released and then they are no longer ORRs responsibility or problem. THIS IS A GOOD THING.
One analogy I heard from my dear friend who I won’t tag without her permission, is that ORR is basically a jailer. Do you want the jail keeping track of where every former inmate is?
Read MoreReading Time: 3 minutes Connection is a powerful thing. Connection is one of my core values so I thrive when I connect.
I was telling my friend about the concert and she said, well if kindness is your message, how could you not reach ages 4 to 74.
Right? We are all connected.
Read MoreReading Time: 2 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. In the category of: You know you’ve
Read MoreReading Time: 3 minutes This is an inescapable truth. You get out of life, all of it, exactly what you are willing to settle for. No more, no less. Which is why understanding your settling point is so important. It’s not hard to figure out what it is because when you look around your life, you will see evidence of it in every area.
When it comes to relationships it’s particularly easy to spot, because other people reflect it for you. Your settling point will determine how rich and fulfilling your relationships are. They will determine how other people treat you. They will determine how much joy you experience or abuse you endure.
Read MoreReading Time: < 1 minute This talk begins with a personal story of sexual violence that may be difficult to listen to. But that’s the point, says citizen journalist Meera Vijayann: Speaking out on tough, taboo topics is the spark for change. Vijayann uses digital media to speak honestly about her experience of gender violence in her home country of India — and calls on others to speak out too.
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