by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 22, 2025 | creativity, fear and anxiety, fear of failure, life lessons, self-esteem, Women Empowerment
My grandson Jakey calls for his mama early in the morning to take him to the potty. Three years old, he recently graduated from his crib to a ‘big boy’ bed. As a baby, the sides of the crib kept him safely in place with his wobby and small assortment of favored...
by Bonnie Marcus | Apr 9, 2024 | Badass Women, Gendered Ageism, life lessons, self-esteem, Women Empowerment
My first ballet lesson was at the age of four, and that’s when my dream to be a ballerina began. Ongoing lessons three times a week as a young girl allowed me to think that perhaps my vision of dancing Swan Lake on a big stage one day could come true. But alas, though...
by Bonnie Marcus | Apr 9, 2024 | ambition, fear and anxiety, self-esteem, Success
You want a promotion but a voice in your head keeps telling you that you’re not good enough despite all your qualifications for the position. You convince yourself that you’ll never get it, and unconsciously, your negative thoughts influence your behavior, your body...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 1, 2021 | Ageism, Gendered Ageism, self-esteem, Women in the Workplace
Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who’s the fairest of them all? I admit that I check myself out in the mirror often. Some days I’m ok with what I see and some days, well…I’m hypercritical. I realize, of course, that any self-criticism can be based more on recent life...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jun 7, 2018 | self-esteem, Success
No one can gift you power. Yes, you may be promoted, elected, and perhaps even worshiped. And as you assume powerful roles, people assume that you have power. But that assumption dissipates over time if you don’t own your power. For authentic power does not come from...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 22, 2017 | self-esteem, Success
Many of my clients suffer from a lack of confidence. They are highly educated and talented women. But at some point in their lives, they allowed negative feedback or situations to undermine their self-esteem and that has continued to affect their performance and...
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