Things NOT to Say to Someone Who Was Sexually Molested

Being sexually molested is a secret children keep.

Things NOT to Say to Someone Who Was Sexually Molested

Everyone knows there are things you do not say when people tell you they were sexually molested as children — things like: Well, what were you wearing? That explains a lot.

Losing My Mind — Literally

Did you ever read the story “Flowers for Algernon“? (It was also a movie called Charly.) Here’s the story: Charly is an adult man with an IQ of 68,

Weekly Confession: Why Do I Keep Getting This Stuff?

Hello, my name is Dixie, and I’m a shopaholic. (Hi, Dixie.) I’m not your credit card debt, hoards bags and bags from TJ Maxx kind of shopper. I’m more

Weekly Confession #2: My Body is Broken (I’m Fat)

Last week I opened up about my broken brain. I keeping with my pledge to make a new confession each week, this post deals with something about which I am

Weekly Confession #1: My Brain Is Broken

As to this whole confession thing, those who know me are likely thinking, “Big whoop.” As a relentless over-sharer, confessing is really no biggie. As to the not-so-secret-secrets I

Crush Your Goals with a Mastermind Group

There are lots of great women who have goals their busy lives keep them from pursuing. They want to work on that novel, get started on that business, lose

Swearing is Healing (And If You Don’t Like It…)

The word “fuck “makes me feel good. I love to say it, wear it, think it. I am a fan of all its permutations: fuck, fucking, and fucker. I

Finding My Birth Family: Blood is Thicker Than Daughter

Last year I wrote a piece for BUST Magazine on how finding my birth family (specifically finding out I come from a family of political, proactive Sorensens) helped me

Start Your Own Podcast: A Practical How-To Guide

As someone who helps people and businesses identify, develop and promote their brands, increasingly I’ve been suggesting getting into the still relatively “blue ocean” of podcasting. (“Red oceans” are

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LIFE

Family: When the Political Gets Personal

In her book, Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman,, Lindy West describes feminism as “the long slow realization that the things you love hate you.” It hurts, especially when