Author Archive for Amy
Smart men, foolish choices: Testosterone Rules? - Amy Spies
I have become increasingly aware of how little I understand men — how they operate, what drives them. ‘You have no idea how much men are led by their…’ my very significant other said to me at the dinner table (not for the first time). But this time, it was about John Edwards’ choices: while [...]
Heat for a little while on a high flame. — Amy Spies
Cooking is definitely one of those mother-daughter bonding things. Obviously, since from the get-go, mothers are nurturing their children–feeding them literally from the womb, making their lunches, stocking their refrigerators.
SisterFriendSister — Amy Spies
As I’ve grown up and evolved myself, girlfriends have become increasingly important to me, and like sisters. They really do feel like a growing extended family, a net for me in case I stumble, a warm embracing hug for when I need that. I kind of mentally picture the women in my life as a circle around me, holding hands and full of life. Hmmm—kind of like those circles we made with our children in preschool holding a parachute.
A Mindful Instant Message — Amy Spies and her daughter Paris
Here’s an IM between me and my daughter.
Amy(8:05:54 PM): Hi there.
Amy (8:07:39 PM): I though t we could chat a bit about what it means to be a mindful mom. I know you’ve been exposed to this world through myself and Susan Kaiser Greenland and helping her and Trudy Goodman teach meditative arts to kids when [...]
False Alarms - Amy Spies
False alarms—we’ve all had ‘em, but what do they really mean? Think about it. It can be the security system going off because of the wind. Or a smoke alarm set off by a stove-top bar-b-que. Or a financial scare—or a terrorist alert. Or any kind of scare that freaks [...]
When you raise children . . . Amy Spies
As I watch my 20 year old daughter on the cusp, leaping off into her adulthood—I find myself uncharacteristically tongue-tied when the time comes to respond to her occasional questions about how she should navigate her future
Working moms. Amy Spies
It’s a job that requires being in many mental and emotional places at once, to balance all kinds of projects simultaneously. It’s a position where the unexpected can and does happen…and that’s par for the course.
Women Rule, Even at Harvard - Amy Spies
President Faust could talk the Type A achievement/career talk but also walk the take charge, multi-tasking, nurturing, administrative, overseeing walk. . .
When I First Knew Benazir - Amy Spies
Benazir was dealing with the same issues that many of her women friends from Harvard were dealing with…except on a way larger scale balancing on a high-wire without much of a net: