Rene on TV
OWN-The Oprah Winfrey Network: 5 Ways To Fix What Went Wrong
29I know this is a little outside my usual fare but I had to write about this when I saw this item skirt across my desk. OWN, the joint venture between Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications, is slated to lose somewhere in the neighborhood of 143 million dollars this year (a report disputed by Discovery). But even if that figure were incorrect, it would be a stretch to call OWN, a success.
It would seem that OWN had that in its DNA; after all, Oprah and her eponymous TV show had an More >
5 Things To Learn From A “Take-This-Job-And-Shove-It” Moment
4Ahh yes, I love a story like this one. Greg Smith is a former (as of today) executive director at the investment bank Goldman Sachs. I’m sure you’ve heard of Goldman Sachs; they were one of the financial institutions that took billions of dollars in TARP money from the federal government when it looked like it, and several others, were about to go under and take the US economy (and much of the world’s) with it.
Anyway, Smith turned in his resignation today after spending more than a decade More >
Welcome To Good Enough Mother!
1Hello and howdy to all you new readers of Good Enough Mother. Oh I can see you streaming in here, having heard about GEM (the woman, the movement, the message) from my most recent TV appearance on Anderson.
I just wanted to say hi and fill you in more on what you’ll find here. Good Enough Mother was borne of my book of the same name.
It was my missive on modern motherhood and the idea that you don’t have to be perfect to be a great parent. In other words, Good Enough is just perfect.
I invite More >
Good Enough Mother TV Alert: Rene On Anderson!
6Hey all! Guess who’s back on Anderson again? That’s right, the Head GEM and we’re talking about a topic that always seems to be a heated one among mothers, women who work outside the home and those who work inside it. There’s a new study out with some surprising information about who’s actually healthier and happier. But having been in both of these worlds (and now straddling them simultaneously) I can tell you as a mother whether you work outside or stay at home, it’s a friggin’ hard More >
Life Lessons: ME!
12Oh my look who’s in the Life Lessons Hot Seat today! Does she look familiar? I wanted to update my own Life Lessons because this year has been one of tremendous growth for GEM, the site and the woman behind it (you can go here to see my answers from more than a year ago). As we know, real growth can be gut-wrenching and there were parts of 2011 that were utterly tortuous. But it was also the year I truly stopped waiting for the storm to pass and instead, began dancing in the rain. And you More >
Life Lessons: Janet Pfeiffer
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Life Lessons today comes courtesy a really neat woman I met in the green room at CNN. Janet Pfeiffer and I were both on, talking about how many people were losing their tempers and apparently, humanity this holiday season. The more we spoke, the more I realized I had to have her do a Life Lessons for us so here are her answers. And remember, if you want to take part, let us know!
Are you happy at the moment?I choose to always be happy.
If you could go back and say anything to your 16 year More >
