Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence

To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.

Critiquing relieves you of the responsibility of doing integrative thinking.

Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.

It can be the best of relationships and the worst of relationships - often at the same time. The bond between a mother and daughter is one of the strongest, but it's also among the most complicated.

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.

To say anything about women and men without marking oneself as either feminist or anti-feminist, male-basher or apologist for men seems as impossible for a woman as trying to get dressed in the morning without inviting interpretations of her character. Sitting at the conference table musing on these matters, I felt sad to think that we women didn't have the freedom to be unmarked that the men sitting next to us had. Some days you just want to get dressed and go about your business. But if you're a woman, you can't, because there is no unmarked woman.