by Sarah Beaulieu | Aug 22, 2012 | Pregnancy, Parenting, and Birth
Note: After giving birth, I learned about the power and ritual in sharing a birth story. Each birth story is the unique and perfect experience of how a child and a parent come together for the first time. Families are created and expanded in so many ways, and this...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Aug 17, 2012 | Career and Leadership
The world has enough super stars. What we need is more ordinary people who find meaning and value in all types of roles. We can’t all be cast as the lead in the play of life. Even if we were, a lead without a cast looks strange and alone on stage. Without...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Aug 13, 2012 | Mini Truth Bombs
One of the most important things you can learn as a professional – and as a human – is to see the world through other people’s eyes. One could argue that empathy is an innate skill, but I think that there are aspects of empathy – and how to...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jul 25, 2012 | Mini Truth Bombs
How is it that crying in the office can be considered unprofessional when yelling at someone is acceptable behavior? In some professions, yelling is actually expected and yellers are seen as powerful and effective. This seems absurd. I cried at work this week. And...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jul 20, 2012 | Career and Leadership
Last Friday, I found out that my very awesome boss, Kevin Jennings, accepted a position to lead the Arcus Foundation, a foundation that focuses on making the world a more humane and just place for the vulnerable – with a focus on the Great Apes and LGBT...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jul 12, 2012 | Advocacy and Activism
Thank you to So Lucky To Be Me Tees for providing the gear for this shoot – and a powerful message of hope and strength for women!
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jul 12, 2012 | Survivor Perspectives
“You understand yourself so well, why are you here?” It was the beginning of my freshman year of college when the therapist I had been seeing for a couple of months asked me this question. I was silent for a moment and finally responded, “Because I...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jul 5, 2012 | Mini Truth Bombs
Being connected to people makes me happy. I remember someone telling me, upon the birth of their second child, that your heart just gets bigger. Love is infinite, but life is not. Most of us don’t spend enough time growing our hearts. Facebook and other social...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jun 29, 2012 | Mini Truth Bombs
In college, Professor Lynn Davidman, taught me that you can’t simply “add women and stir.” The concept was simple. If you add a new ingredient to a dish, the flavor of the dish – and often the dish itself – completely changes. If you...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jun 19, 2012 | Mini Truth Bombs
I think I finally understand what Twitter is all about. I know, I’m a little late to the game, but cut me some slack- technically I’m a GenXer not a Millennial. Both Facebook and Twitter are like parties, with a different set of guests and styles....