My debt to feminism is simply incalculable. Feminism allowed me to see past a 'reality' that I had once taken as a given. It helped me to pay attention to countless voices, my own included, that I had been taught 'don't count.' Feminism allows me to maintain hope.

As many have observed, it is easy to tell a lie, but it is almost impossible to tell only one.

Intensity is not the same as intimacy, although we tend to confuse these two words.

Self-help books for women are part of a multibillion-dollar industry, sensitively attuned to our insecurities and our purses.

It is an act of courage to acknowledge our own uncertainty and sit with it for a while.

Keep in mind that the tendency to be judgmental - toward yourself or another person - is a good barometer of how anxious or stressed out you are. Judging others is simply the flip side of judging yourself.

What initially attracts us and what later becomes 'the problem' are usually one and the same.