In the realm of self-love – encompassing (and not limited to) self-worth, self-respect, self-forgiveness, self-esteem and self-acceptance – where I landed was that self-care is the practice of taking care of yourself to nourish and recharge your mind, body and spirit, every day. It’s the decision (self-responsibility) that we make to care for ourselves, often in lieu of “doing more” or “attempting to be…
By Jonathan Shieber It’s not every chief executive who wakes up in the morning to a view of their office door across the parking lot from the Airstream trailer they call home, but Jesse Genet isn’t every CEO. Genet is the co-founder and chief executive of Lumi, a Los Angeles-based startup that supplies the packaging for some of the top e-commerce…
Simple Definition of listen · : to pay attention to someone or something in order to hear what is being said, sung, played, etc. · —used to tell a person to listen to what you are saying · : to hear what someone has said and understand that it is serious, important, or true At its root, listening is the…
If you’ve been on Pinterest at any point, you’ve encountered Joy Cho’s work. A graphic designer who found success with the early 2000’s blog boom, Cho turned her creative outlet into a major branding success – which includes being the most followed person on the pinning platform. Cho has a stunning list of accomplishments. She has created product lines with…
Girl Develop It is a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for women to learn software development. Launched six years ago in New York City, Girl Develop It now operates in 53 cities nationwide. Corinne Warnshuis, executive director of Girl Develop It, spoke about the organization’s development and weighed in on women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Olivia Deng: What do…
How Jasmine Crowe is combating hunger with technology. While driving through the downtown streets of Atlanta, anti-hunger activist, social and tech entrepreneur, Jasmine Crowe saw that the homeless community was heavily suffering from food insecurity. Crowe noticed the homeless scouring for food, so she decided to become involved by creating an event called “Sunday Soul”, a formal pop-up dinner designed…
There’s no doubt that women are still facing the challenges of stereotypes, especially when you’re a woman in a male-dominated industry. Transitioning from sports to tech, Lindsay McCormick successfully proves that women can break the traditional workplace roles. McCormick is a sports broadcaster whose career has taken her from hosting live events for the Super Bowl XLIX to being a…
There are few fields growing as quickly as engineering with nearly 140,000 new jobs expected to be created between 2016 and 2026 and yet it can still be quite a challenge to so much as land an interview. After the tenth or eleventh company ghosts you, it might be time to start thinking about how to preen that resume a…
The tech industry is a global behemoth that pulls in billions and billions of dollars each year. But in the largest country for tech in the world, the United States, women still make up less than a third of tech employees. In India, only about 8% of tech firms are owned by women. However, despite the discrimination that female tech…
