Breaking Glass
73 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsLet’s talk about womanhood the world over. Despite making up over half of the global population, women control less wealth, own less land, hold fewer public offices, and shoulder more domestic burdens. But in every corner of every country there are individuals with enough gumption to break the system and bend the rules. That's why Sabrina Merage Naim and Kassia Binkowski are hosting intimate conversations with individuals who are changing the narrative for women everywhere.
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'Tis the Season for Contentious Conversations
December 20, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBNothing like a holiday to turn up the heat on hard conversations. In this Season 2 Finale, Kassia and Sabrina reflect on conversations they've had with family and friends who don't necessarily agree with their points of view, including: Sabrina's history of heated arguments with her uncle and how they finally managed to have a calm conversation about abortion Kassia's tendency to come in a little too hot with family members who disagree on humans rights issues like vaccination The tragic ...
Hair, Racism, and Representation
November 15, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBWe’ve never met a woman without a complex relationship to her own hair. Shorter, longer, curlier, straighter, lighter, darker, up, down. For many women—especially Black women—hair can be a complicated thing. Founder of Parting the Roots, Simone Wright is working to educate people and organizations on the history, politics, and significance of Black hair and the Black Canadian identity. She joins Sabrina to talk about: • The historical importance of Black hair in pre-colonial Africa, how t...
Why Girls Run the World but Men Run for Office
November 01, 2022 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MB130 years. That's how long it will take to achieve gender equity at the highest levels of global politics. Around the world, women are still less likely to be encouraged to run for public office at every level - this starts with what we tell young girls about what is possible and ultimately influences women's lack of confidence to step into the race. Erin Loos Cutraro founded She Should Run to give women from all walks of life the tools they need to run for public office. In this re-release ...
Regretting Motherhood and Choosing Not to Have Children
October 18, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBContrary to what society would like us to believe, not every woman wants to be a mother. Some women regret the choice altogether. Orna Donath was only 16 years old when knew with certainty that she never wanted to be a mother. In the decades that followed she never waivered in that decision. Today, Orna is a sociologist and author in Tel Aviv, Israel. In this rerelease of one of our most beloved season one episodes, she joins Kassia and Sabrina to talk about: • Her personal experience of t...
Rituals, community-care, and women's mental health
October 04, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBEvery year, one in five women in the United States struggles with mental health. Income disparities, caregiving responsibilities, higher rates of poverty and violence are just a few of the risk factors that leave women especially susceptible to chronic stress. Dr. Beth Ricanati is no stranger to burnout. She was the mother of three children and a physician working full time when she realized she needed to prioritize self-care. At the recommendation of a friend, she turned to baking bread as...
BONUS: Sex toys, The Talk, and masturbation
September 20, 2022 06:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBIn honor of Sexual Health Month and our recent conversation with Zoe Mendelson, Sabrina and Kassia are opening up - like really, intimately opening up - about sexual health. We're walking through Zoe’s book, Pussypedia, discussing some of its more shocking takeaways, and our relationships with our mothers who were often our own source of education when we were young girls. In this no-holds-barred conversation, we end up talking about: • Not soaping your slit and other things we all wish we ...
Sex toys, The Talk, and masturbation
September 20, 2022 06:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBIn honor of Sexual Health Month and our recent conversation with Zoe Mendelson, Sabrina and Kassia are opening up - like really, intimately opening up - about sexual health. We're walking through Zoe’s book, Pussypedia, discussing some of its more shocking takeaways, and our relationships with our mothers who were often our own source of education when we were young girls. In this no-holds-barred conversation, we end up talking about: • Not soaping your slit and other things we all wish we ...
Pussies, patriarchy, and access to sex education
September 06, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBWhen Zoe Mendelson first googled squirting, she had no idea the rabbit hole of sexual education she was about to go down. The internet was riddled with inconsistent information and even experts disagreed on some of the simpler questions she was curious about. An information designer by training, Zoe became passionate about curating a comprehensive platform for accessible and inclusive sex education. She has since dedicated the better part of a decade to learning about, writing about, and ta...
Data storytelling, crowdmapping, and gender-based violence
August 23, 2022 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBAround the world, 1 in 3 women experiences physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. In India, where a woman is raped every fifteen minutes, the outlook is especially dire. ElsaMarie D'Silva walked away from a twenty-year career in aviation to launch SafeCity - the world's foremost crowdmapping platform for gender-based violence. An entrepreneur, activist, and survivor, she joins Kassia to talk about: The various forms of gender-based violence—including physical, sexual, and psycholog...
Homosexuality, Christianity, and gender discrimination in religion
August 09, 2022 06:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBDid you know the word “homosexual” didn’t appear in the Bible until 1946? Neither did we. And neither did Kathy Baldock until a gay friend said, “Even God doesn’t love me,” and Kathy, a heterosexual, practicing Christian, went looking for answers. Today, Kathy is an author (Walking The Bridgeless Canyon), LGBTQ advocate, international speaker and educator. She has done more research than almost anyone in the world on the origins of Christianity's discrimination against the LGBTQ community....
Intersectional feminism, capitalism, and feminist foreign policy
July 26, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBWomen account for less than 10% of leadership positions in governments around the world. At this rate, we will not achieve gender equality in these highest positions of power for 130 years. Marissa Conway is not surprised. Neither intimidated nor impressed by the foreign policy sector dominated by older, white men, Marissa has had a front row seat to the patriarchal systems in which policies are made. A vivacious young analyst and activist, Marissa made a name for herself founding the Cent...
History, racism, and erasing Black mothers
July 12, 2022 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBDespite the influence of civil rights icons Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin, their mother's stories were all but erased from history. That is until Dr. Anna Malaika-Tubbs came along. While pregnant with her first child, Dr. Mailka-Tubbs wrote the award-winning book The Three Mothers: How the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation. Her original research details the lives and influence these women had, and is a catalyst for conve...
History, racism, and erasing black mothers
July 12, 2022 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBDespite the influence of civil rights icons Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin, their mother's stories were all but erased from history. That is until Dr. Anna Malaika-Tubbs came along. While pregnant with her first child, Dr. Mailka-Tubbs wrote the award-winning book The Three Mothers: How the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation. Her original research details the lives and influence these women had, and is a catalyst for conve...
In the wake of Roe: Hope in Ireland's example
June 28, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBAbortion saves lives. Abortion is healthcare. Abortion should never have been politicized. But it was. And in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, when we're mostly full of anger and sorrow, we really need glimmers of hope. One such spark can be found in a place one might expect fervent opposition to abortion: Ireland. In this rerelease of one of our very first episodes, Ailbhe joins Sabrina & Kassia to share how she organized a national movement to legalize abortion in Ireland. They t...
Political influence, double standards, and silencing women
June 14, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBMany double standards exist for women and men, but perhaps none as ubiquitously as how they use their voice. A loud little girl is called bossy, a bold assertive woman is called a bitch. The same leadership qualities that we celebrate in men we often silence in women and Phumzile van Damme has experienced this at every turn of her career. Elected to serve as a Member of Parliament for South Africa at the age of 31, van Damme went on to hold positions of National Assembly Whip, Shadow Minis...
Feminist rage and the power of women's anger
May 31, 2022 06:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBEver been called an angry feminist? Us too. Soraya Chemaly is a writer, speaker, and activist who studies the many reasons women have to be angry, and why they're called bitches, hot-headed, crazy feminists when they are. She is an award-winning activist, the best-selling author of Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger, and director and co-founder of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project. She joins Sabrina to discuss: • The reasons women have to be angry, from microaggressions to...
BONUS: What we must do now to save reproductive freedom
May 19, 2022 06:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBWe’re releasing a bonus episode from 1972! Just kidding. We’re releasing a bonus episode from 2022 about what to do now that the United States is about to revoke the rights of millions of people with uteruses. Sabrina reaches back out to human rights attorney and previous guest, Julie Kay to talk about: • What this legal ruling might mean for other rights • Which interventions are and are not likely to work once Roe v. Wade is overturned • How we keep going, keep fighti...
What we must do now to save reproductive freedom
May 19, 2022 06:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBWe’re releasing a bonus episode from 1972! Just kidding. We’re releasing a bonus episode from 2022 about what to do now that the United States is about to revoke the rights of millions of people with uteruses. Sabrina reaches back out to human rights attorney and previous guest, Julie Kay to talk about: • What this legal ruling might mean for other rights • Which interventions are and are not likely to work once Roe v. Wade is overturned • How we keep going, keep fighti...
Poetry, misogyny, and women's unpaid labor
May 03, 2022 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBIt's not often that a poet's first paid piece of writing jumps to the top of the New York Times bestseller lists. Kate Baer's did. Her first book, What Kind of Woman was published in 2020 and followed shortly by a book of erasure poetry, I Hope This Finds You Well (2021). Both tackle the underlying treatment of women and mothers in modern society. Even if you haven't picked up one of her books (yet), you've probably seen her work, which regularly goes viral online. She joins Kassia to talk ...
Sexuality, consent, and BDSM
April 19, 2022 06:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBIn a country that criminalizes homosexuality, Kaz is an openly queer individual. Bisexual, lesbians, and transgender persons are not recognized by the Kenyan constitution and yet she lives openly and authentically while encouraging others to do the same. Kaz started her career as a singer and performer. In 2006, she won the Kora Award for The Most Promising Female Artist in Africa and was dubbed the Kenyan Queen of Soul. Today she is the host of The Spread, a sex-positive podcast that creat...
Pregnancy, miscarriage, and choosing not to stay silent
April 05, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBFive kids between the two of them, Sabrina and Kassia know a thing or two about pregnancy. From infertility to miscarriage, morning sickness to stretch marks these ladies could write a real epic. That's why they're pulling back the curtains - not as experts on any one of these issues, but as mothers and friends who want to dispel some of the ways society tends to sugar coat pregnancy. We're talking about: The first trimester and the burden of being expected to endure it in secret Miscarria...
Sex ed, social media, and Arab culture
March 22, 2022 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBComprehensive sex education is not standardized in schools across Arab countries and more than 40% of pregnancies are unintended. Since moving from Chicago to Dubai in 2014, Dr. Salem has defied tradition and delivered sex education to women through her OB-GYN clinic as well as through her Instagram account. With more than 20k followers, she answers questions, busts myths, and provides advice to women who don't otherwise have access to sex ed. She joins Kassia to talk about: Providing OB-...
Reproductive Rights, Overturning Roe, and Sesame Street
March 08, 2022 04:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBReproductive freedom is in grave danger across the United States. Experts predict that it is not a question of if Roe will be overturned this year, but rather when. Kathryn Kolbert is one of the most influential reproductive rights attorneys in the country. Julie Kay is a passionate human rights attorney who came up under the mentorship of Kitty at the Center for Reproductive Rights. Collectively, these women are two of the most aggressive and accomplished defenders of reproductive rights a...
Reproductive Rights, Overturning Roe, and Sesame Street
March 08, 2022 04:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBReproductive freedom is in grave danger across the United States. Experts predict that it is not a question of if Roe will be overturned this year, but rather when. Kathryn Kolbert is one of the most influential reproductive rights attorneys in the country. Julie Kay is a passionate human rights attorney who came up under the mentorship of Kitty at the Center for Reproductive Rights. Collectively, these women are two of the most aggressive and accomplished defenders of reproductive rights a...
Season 2 Teaser
January 12, 2022 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.67 MBSeason two is coming soon and this is our little love letter to those loyal listeners who are waiting oh so patiently. It's been a few months since our 43rd episode dropped to wrap up Season 1. And since then, we've been chasing babies, growing businesses, and planning how to knock your socks off in our second season. A few of the to dos on our list? • Mix up the show format • More intimate one-on-one conversations with world-changing guests • Launching a powerful and practical email new...
Season One Finale with Sabrina and Kassia
September 15, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBRules were bent. Glass was broken. Minds were expanded. Join Sabrina and Kassia in reflecting on the audacious, gutsy guests whose stories, advice, and badassery comprised season one. The co-hosts discuss the conversations that left a mark and opened their eyes to the vast array of experiences women are facing around the world. Sabrina reveals the episode that most challenged her, and Kassia shares how she has personally grown in unexpected ways. Breaking Glass is a production of Evoke Medi...
BONUS: Season One Finale with Sabrina and Kassia
September 15, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBRules were bent. Glass was broken. Minds were expanded. Join Sabrina and Kassia in reflecting on the audacious, gutsy guests whose stories, advice, and badassery comprised season one. The co-hosts discuss the conversations that left a mark and opened their eyes to the vast array of experiences women are facing around the world. Sabrina reveals the episode that most challenged her, and Kassia shares how she has personally grown in unexpected ways.
Child marriage, tradition, and rape
September 01, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBDr. Faith Mwangi-Powell grew up in rural Kenya with two parents who were deeply committed to her education. The daughter of a village chief, it wasn’t until she completed her PhD and was deep into her career in public health and population studies that she realized child marriage had been happening all around her. Today, Dr. Faith is the CEO of Girls Not Brides where she leads a network of global organizations working to end child marriage. She joins us to reflect on her own childhood, how s...
Abortion, sex, and stigma
August 25, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBErin Jorgensen is an artist, musician, and a somewhat accidental abortion activist. Having grown up in a Mormon family in rural Washington, Erin eventually turned her back on the church and moved to the coast to pursue a career in music. A struggling artist, she resorted to sex work to make ends meet. After four abortions, Erin's roommate and dear friend urged her to open up about her experience and to her disbelief, Erin found that her story wasn't unique at all. In fact, nearly one in four...
Gender fluidity, femininity, and drag
August 18, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBMatthew Nouriel is a British Iranian who from a young age, was attracted to all the things little boys in traditional homes should never be attracted to - Barbies, dresses, make up. Growing up between the UK and Los Angeles, Matthew diverged from the path that their family laid out for them and found a home among the LGBTQ+ community of West Hollywood. Soon, Matthew was able to merge their passion for stand up comedy and femininity to become The Empress Mizrahi. In this episode, Matthew rela...
Social pressure, regret, and choosing not to mother
August 11, 2021 06:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBAt the young age of 16, Orna Donath knew with certainty that she would never be a mother. To Orna, this self-realization was not as extraordinary as society would want her to believe. To her, it was mundane. Just as common as choosing to become a mother. In the decades that followed she became a sociologist and author, producing thought-provoking research on women who regret motherhood along with those who chose to never have children at all. She joins us to share her own personal experience...
Secrecy, duality, and generational trauma
August 04, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBEsther Amini is a writer, artist, and psychotherapist whose family emigrated from Mashad, Iran to New York City before she was born. Despite their newfound freedom, the life of secrecy and duplicity that they had known in Iran resulted in generations of trauma. Esther has spent a lifetime navigating these two conflicting realities - that of a conservative Jewish Iranian daughter whose only aspirations should be to marry and to mother, and that of a curious child who grew into an accomplished...
Power, privilege, and gender violence
July 28, 2021 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBJackson Katz is founder & president of MVP Strategies and an outspoken expert on why gender violence is a man's issue. Jackson grew up in a dysfunctional family and in college found himself studying the intersectionality of race, gender, and discrimination. Watching strong female classmates survive rape and campaign for campus safety, Jackson grew increasingly infuriated by the lack of engagement he saw from his male peers. In the decades since, Jackson has been a trusted male voice at the f...
Extreme poverty, modern slavery, and a monk
July 21, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBNasreen Sheikh was born into a rural village in Nepal to a family struggling to survive. The desperation of her upbringing drove her to work in a sweatshop as a young child where she lived and worked in a 10x10 foot room alongside 5 other people. After escaping child labor, she founded Women’s Local Handicraft to disrupt the manufacturing supply chain and create meaningful work and living wages for Nepali women. Despite beating the odds, Nasreen still wasn't free. As a young adult she found ...
Behind the scenes with Kassia & Sabrina
July 14, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBDo you ever find yourself wondering who the personalities are behind these voices on Breaking Glass? This one's for you. Today we're pulling back the curtain and co-hosts Sabrina and Kassia are getting personal. We're rambling about the complexity of podcasting, the mess of motherhood, and how in the world we ended up in partnership with one another on this show. Kassia opens up about trying to raise empathetic children and her crush on old men, while Sabrina reflects on the profound impact ...
BONUS: Behind the scenes with Kassia & Sabrina
July 14, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBDo you ever find yourself wondering who the personalities are behind these voices on Breaking Glass? This one's for you. Today we're pulling back the curtain and co-hosts Sabrina and Kassia are getting personal. We're rambling about the complexity of podcasting, the mess of motherhood, and how in the world we ended up in partnership with one another on this show. Kassia opens up about trying to raise empathetic children and her crush on old men, while Sabrina reflects on the profound impact ...
Quotas, democracy, and women in leadership
July 07, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBSandra Pepera is a Ghanaian woman raised in Britain by parents who were deeply committed to girls' education. No stranger to the experience of being a minority in the room, Sandra is a campaigner at heart and has dedicated her life to equity and justice work. Today, she is a renowned an expert in international development, democracy, and gender equity. The Director for Gender, Women, and Democracy at the National Democratic Institute in Washington D.C., she works tirelessly to help women ove...
Purity culture, sex, and pleasure
June 30, 2021 06:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBChrissy Powers was 13 years-old when her father brought home a purity ring and sat her down to talk about the importance of waiting until marriage. Purity culture was the norm in her Evangelical Church community but the burden of shame and guilt that was placed on her as a young girl led to years of eating disorders and anxiety. Now, as a licensed family and marriage counselor, and married with kids herself, she is going back to her roots to deconstruct the damaging effects of idolizing puri...
American values, childcare, and an unlikely feminist
June 23, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBIn this special Father's Day episode we sit down with Sabrina's father, David Merage. A successful businessman, immigrant, and philanthropist, David reflects on his roots in a patriarchal society and the strong women whom he looked up to as a child. We discuss his duality as an Iranian Jew living in America, a successful entrepreneur whose family had meager means, and a conservative businessman with progressive social values. We press him to explain his perspective on women's rights, why he'...
Social media, politics, and gendered disinformation
June 16, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBKristina Wilfore and Lucina Di Meco are global experts and passionate advocates for women’s digital rights. With more than 800 million people using the internet as a primary source of information, these ladies are critically concerned about the number of intentional and fraudulent attacks against female politicians and journalists online. The rise of gendered disinformation to undermine women in leadership and deter women from running for political office is pervasive. Kristina and Lucina re...
Professional volleyball, pregnancy, and maternity leave
June 09, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBCarli Lloyd was headed into her tenth season of professional volleyball when she found out she and her long-term partner were pregnant. This deeply personal news came at a high professional cost. Carli and her partner didn’t even get a chance to process this news personally before it was thrust into the public view and her contract was swiftly cancelled. Traumatic as it was, Carli’s story isn’t unusual. She joins us to reflect on women’s rights in professional athletics and the culture shift...
Safety, immigration, and maternal health in Sierra Leone
June 02, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBAminata Conteh-Biger grew up in a well-off family in the capital of Sierra Leone where her father prioritized education and opportunities for his six daughters. She had a happy and protected childhood until a truly devastating civil war broke out in her country resulting in the deaths of more than 50,000 individuals. She herself was kidnapped for seven months before fleeing as a refugee to Australia. Aminata’s own story of survival doesn’t end with the war. After rebuilding her life in Sydne...
Parenthood, gender stereotypes, and girls in STEM
May 26, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBAfter years of working in male-dominated industries, Heide Iravani and Emily Clifford co-founded Piccolina, a lifestyle brand dedicated to empowering today’s young children to become tomorrow’s leaders and problem-solvers. These renegade entrepreneurs share their experiences of how becoming mothers inspired them to take the leap and launch a business that disrupts the way we think about fashion choices for our children and the messages they receive early on in life. We talk about the gender ...
Comedy, sexism, and motherhood
May 19, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBEster Steinberg has been in the comedy circuit since she was 16 years-old trying to make her way on stage at the one comedy club in Tampa, Fl. The message she received? No girls allowed. She then made her way to Los Angeles before settling with her comedian husband and their son in New York. Ester brings some levity and comedic anecdotes to what it’s like for a woman and a new mother in the world of stand up comedy. She’s reflecting on how she’s approached her career during parenthood and th...
Stigma, taxes, and period poverty
May 12, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBMichela Bedard is an outspoken feminist. She has to be. As the Executive Director of Period, she is heading up a youth-led movement to end period poverty around the world. Michela doesn't shy away from hard conversation and believes that there should be no shame or stigma around the topic of menstruation. We discuss how menstruation inequity is a foundational element of gender gaps across industries and why she believes it is critical to have menstruators at every table where decisions are b...
Stigma, taxes, and period poverty with Michela Bedard
May 12, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBMichela Bedard is an outspoken feminist. She has to be. As the Executive Director of Period, she is heading up a youth-led movement to end period poverty around the world. Michela doesn't shy away from hard conversation and believes that there should be no shame or stigma around the topic of menstruation. We discuss how menstruation inequity is a foundational element of gender gaps across industries and why she believes it is critical to have menstruators at every table where decisions are b...
Identity, safety, and the transgender experience in India
May 05, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBFrom a very young age Neysara realized that the world had something wrong about her. Born to cis-gender parents in rural India, the only transgender individuals she saw were banished to the margins of society, often selling themselves as sex workers to survive. Neysara had different aspirations. She completed college and then pursued an incredibly risky transition to live openly as a woman. She shares her harrowing story running from relatives who threatened her life, hiding under a burka fo...
Poverty, economic opportunity, and fashion
April 28, 2021 06:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBCarly Burson and Priti Pugalia are business partners working to disrupt generational poverty for women around the world. Carly is based in Texas and is the Founder of ethical fashion brand LAUDE the Label. Priti is the founder of Craft Boat, a recycled paper and textile manufacturing studio in Jaipur, India, deeply committed to encouraging sustainable Indian craftsmanship. Together they are disrupting fashion industry norms by working with artisans to create meaningful living wages and break...
Body image, photography, and authentic womanhood
April 21, 2021 06:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBJulie Adams is a Sydney-based photographer widely known for her work in Vogue, Harper’s BAZAAR, Glamour, Marie Claire and others, what we’re talking about today is her personal project titled This Is Me. For this personal project, Julie has photographed hundreds of women, all of whom modeled for an unretouched photograph in their swimsuit and shared some of their own reflections about body image, mental and physical struggles, and why we are all beautiful in our uniqueness. Julie reflects on...
Confidence, self-promotion, and career advancement
April 14, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBMeredith Fineman has never struggled to find the right words. The daughter of a journalist and granddaughter of English professors, she comes from a long lineage of wordsmiths. It comes as no surprise that Meredith has found her professional stride as a communication expert. Founder of FinePoint, a communications agency, and author of Brag Better, she has built her career teaching women and men the skill of shameless self-promotion. She shares with us how women at the top of their industries...