If you rely completely on protocol, you can become a robot.
With my children, balance was everything: being not just a workaholic, not only studying but taking time to renew and restore yourself and taking time to pay attention to your brain health and not assume, as we all do, that our brains are perfect.
Politics is an ugly and thankless role.
A truly empowered woman turns her values into verbs. She understands what she values most, and she takes steps to bring that value to life.
I am not a weirdo, a wacko, or an eccentric for wanting to do good, honest work on a day-to-day basis.