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<strong>To Travel or Not to Travel — Is That the Question?</strong>
I recently wrapped up a series of tips from my book (on Medium) for anyone who dreams of spending extended time abroad. The goal of...
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Feb 16, 20235 min read
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Homage to a Ukrainian Ancestor with a Hope for Peace
My husband’s grandfather, Louis Lipsky, immigrated from Slavuta, Ukraine 117 years ago. He left his native land for the US to escape...
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Feb 26, 20221 min read
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Tired of a Polarized Country? You Can Help Change It.
When I started this blog, I promised myself I wouldn’t use any lightning-rod words that tend to send people scampering off to their...
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Jan 31, 20224 min read
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Don’t Box Us In
Overheard at the doctor’s office recently: “Do you identify as Caucasian or non-Caucasian?” A secretary was screening a patient over the...
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Jun 14, 20215 min read
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Becoming People Who Embrace Race
In my recent post (Don’t Box Us In), I explored a subtle way our society perpetuates a sense of racial division, which had me wondering...
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Jun 14, 20212 min read
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Becoming People Who Build Thriving Relationships
Last week’s post spoke to bridging cultural and philosophical divides, as told through the story of my own Jewish-Catholic marriage. This...
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Feb 21, 20212 min read
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Love Makes All Things Better
Picture the type of person you think represents society’s worst enemy today. Is it a Wall Street hedge fund manager? Proud Boy Q-Anon...
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Feb 13, 20214 min read
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Becoming People Who Cultivate Women Leaders
The Women’s March four years ago was a reflexive response by women who felt cheated by a system dominated by men since its inception. I’m...
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Jan 30, 20212 min read
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Embrace the Unknown
“Do you think it’s possible that humans will ever evolve beyond war?” I asked, casually sprawled on the dorm lobby sofa. Mike’s response...
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Jul 10, 20204 min read
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Becoming People Who Stand for Equality and Racial Justice
As evidenced in The Illusion of Progress, one thing that gets me through these ongoing moments of collective stress is to zoom out and...
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Jun 22, 20202 min read
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The Illusion of Progress
Do you ever have dreams so visceral that it takes a while to get grounded in reality once you wake up? When I was about 13 years old, one...
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Jun 11, 20206 min read
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The Seeds of My Sexism
A vicious catch-22 frustrates the hell out of me, particularly as a mother of daughters: we need more leaders who are women and people of...
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Feb 21, 20205 min read
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Becoming People Who Help Immigrants Thrive
Last week I shared a story about how an experience I had during our year abroad put me in the shoes of any new immigrant who’s ever come...
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Dec 2, 20192 min read
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The Day a Window on Immigrant Life Opened Wide
The heavy Florida humidity filtered through the air conditioner outside Sister Margaret Mary’s office. My labored asthmatic breath left...
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Nov 23, 20194 min read
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My Top Three Lessons from “School” in Italy
The cheers in the stairway reverberated off the walls, giving us goosebumps as we waited to ascend into Scuola Mazzini in Genoa, Italy....
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Oct 30, 20195 min read
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Planting Ourselves Beyond the Comfort Zone
Growing up far from my big fat Italian roots in Chicago, the only cultural underpinnings that piggybacked into my adulthood were a...
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Oct 9, 20194 min read
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