As girls, we tend to tune out our dads’ life lessons. But with experience and maturity, we come to a startling conclusion: Dad was right — about everything — and his simple words contained many profound truths. Here, two grateful daughters reflect on the wisdom they inherited from their dads — and how it has formed the bedrock […]
When we discuss women’s mental health, the conversation often centers on stress, work-life balance or self-care. While these things matter, one of the most powerful supports for women’s emotional wellbeing is something much simpler: friendship. Healthy friendships provide a space where women can exhale. In many areas of life, women are caregivers, problem solvers and […]
A lot of us think we’re responding to the person in front of us. Sometimes we’re really responding to what we survived. If you’ve ever been lied to, betrayed, dismissed or emotionally neglected, your body remembers — even when you tell yourself you’re healed. That’s where projection and triggers show up. Projection is assuming someone […]
In honor of International Women’s Day, we invited members of GCW’s 2025 class of 100 Successful Women to Know to reflect on how they got where they are and the lessons that shaped them. We asked: If you could write a letter to your younger self, what advice would you share? Here’s what they had […]
Somewhere between being a good daughter, a supportive partner, a devoted mother, a high performer at work and a “together” woman in public, many women quietly lose themselves. We learn early that love is something we earn by being useful, attractive, agreeable or accomplished. What we are rarely taught is how to love ourselves without […]
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There comes a point in a woman’s life when love starts to look different. It becomes less about the grand gestures and more about the quiet ways we are seen, less about what looks good on paper and more about what brings peace to our spirit. Love grows softer — but it also grows wiser. THE […]
By Michelle Coleman I want to start with a truth I wish someone had told me years ago: You are worthy. You are loved. You matter. Your voice matters. For a long time, I believed the opposite, that I somehow deserved the abuse I endured. My abuser even asked me once, “What did you do […]
