6 Years of Girlfriendology, 6 Years of Girlfriend Support | Life is Good
January 20, 2012 – 11:45 am
What’s your girlfriend story? What things have you done because your girlfriend(s) believed in you? What dreams do your friend encourage?
Six years ago I struggled with why I ‘needed’ my girlfriends so much. Two of my dear friends, Dana and Allison, were fighting cancer and I was consciously aware of needing to be with my female friends (both of them and other wonderful women in my life). It was so strong that I created a blog to explore it. I called it ‘Girlfriendology’ and started exploring why women need each other so deeply.
Fortunately I found a profound book, The Tending Instinct by Shelley E. Taylor, which studied our need for female friendship and shared research findings and examples that proved – we actually do NEED girlfriends. In fact, female friendship makes women healthier, happier, less Read More »
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Six Years of Female Friendship | Girlfriends Rule!
January 16, 2012 – 11:47 pm
We all have a story. And most times they involve our friends, our wonderful, dearly loved girlfriends!
The story of Girlfriendology began with a girlfriend story (as, of course, it should!). Two girlfriends, Dana and Allison, were dealing with cancer. I was overwhelmed with a need to be around my female friends – not just Dana and Allison, but all my friends. I wanted to spend time with my girlfriends to learn how to be a better friend to Dana and Allison. I wanted to be near the wonderful women in my life to give me strength and knowledge.
So, I created Girlfriendology as a ‘love letter’ to my friends.
That was six years (1/20/06), 1600+ blog posts, 275+ interviews with inspiring women (podcasts and BlogTalkRadio shows), 25+ blogger/social media conferences, a TV commercial and national newspaper ad feature, dozens of advertisers and sponsors (most recently our new sponsor Biz Stain Fighter signed on for our Read More »
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Girlfriend Advice: Positive Body Image | Love Yourself Girlfriend!
June 30, 2011 – 12:38 pm
Your girlfriends love you just the way you are – do you? Girlfriend advice on a positive body image.
I love my friends – just the way they are. And I trust and love that they accept me as I am.
The challenge for so many of us women, is that we don’t see us through the eyes of our friends. We don’t see the smile lines as a reminder of all the fun times we’ve had together, or the size/style of our clothes as just an expression of who we’ve become.
We’re thrilled to explore this important topic with an expert on something that is so hard for us – positive body image. XINA SY shared her great girlfriend advice in our BlogTalkRadio/Girlfriendology interview. LISTEN IN! (and tell a friend who might need to hear Xina share her wisdom on Read More »
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Women’s History Month | Inspiring Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
March 6, 2011 – 2:08 pm
Women’s History Month & International Women’s Day: Inspiration from Amazing Women!
We’re celebrating Women’s History Month at Girlfriendology and actually, International Women’s Day is this Tuesday. Everyday this month we’ll feature a quote from a woman that inspires, challenges or make us laugh. Today we’re looking ahead to Tuesday’s quote:
“What separates an ordinary woman from an extraordinary one? The belief that she is ordinary.” Jody Williams
Nobel Peace Prize winner, JODY WILLIAMS who, as Wikipedia describes is: “an Read More »
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Women’s History Month | Wilma Rudolph, Inspiring Woman
March 2, 2011 – 3:54 pm
The History of Women’s History
Where would we be without strong, passionate, inspiring women in history? We’d no doubt not be able to vote or own property, we’d be second class (or lower) citizens and we’d still struggle to a voice.
March is National Women’s History Month and we’re exploring how women in history have done amazing things that we can learn from and be inspired by. We’re considering the women in history who were our ‘girlfriends’ from the past and from whom we can learn to make life better for women in the future.
When I started working on women’s history about 30 years ago, the field did not exist. People didn’t think that women had Read More »
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Month of Women, Girlfriend Inspiration & Spring = #lifeisgood
March 1, 2011 – 12:47 am
Let’s Celebrate, shall we? As friends, we love to celebrate each other, birthdays, holidays, special days and, why not?!, shoe sales.
In February we celebrated #FriendshipMonth and shared dozens of ways to be a better friend. We took the romance out of Valentine’s Day to acknowledge the wonderful women who make our lives better every single day. (And even took time to show some ’sponsor love‘ to our friends at Biz and others who have supported Girlfriendology!)
Following our five year anniversary in January, we had five weeks of girlfriend prizes – that was fun! We even ended the month with Read More »
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Celebrating Women! | March – International Women’s Month
February 28, 2011 – 3:44 pm
Birthdays, Wedding, Anniversaries, Holidays … We celebrate as a way of recognizing friends, family, history … lives!
We celebrate special days because they warrant attention and acknowledgment. We recognize the people and events that are meaningful in our lives. And we honor those in the past, present and future who make an impact and a difference.
March is designated as International Women’s Month and we’re celebrating the amazing, inspiring women who make the world a better place in Read More »
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Girlfriend Advice: Starting Act Three of Your Life
September 23, 2010 – 1:32 pm
Kid’s are gone? Looking for your next ‘big thing?’ Need to figure out the next phase of your life?
It’s a tough time when you’re suddenly in a ‘new place.’ Maybe that place is a new lifestyle – like you’ve moved or you’ve found new passions in your life. Maybe it’s a relational challenge – like you got divorced or your kids moved out of the house. Even, maybe it’s just hormonal – you don’t want to do what you’ve always done before.
We have just the girlfriend for some great advice.
Meet Julie. Here’s her inspiring story:
Six years ago, I turned Read More »
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Beaded Hope – Girlfriends Making a Difference
March 3, 2010 – 1:09 pm
I love inspiring girlfriends who challenge me to, like them, make the world better.
I think you’ll love them too, so meet JENNIFER DAVIS and CATHY LIGGETT who are changing lives in South Africa as well as the U.S. ‘one bead at a time’ through the book and organization: BEADED HOPE.
And join us on Friday as we interview Jennifer and Cathy on our BlogTalkRadio show (2:00-2:30pm EST). We’ll with them live about the amazing stories of supporting women in South Africa with the NEW book and the wonderful Beaded Hope jewelry and gifts.
Thanks to Cathy and Jennifer for sharing this girlfriend account of inspiring women in this Girlfriendology guest blog: Read More »
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