Transitions

Women Need to Take More Responsibility – But for What?

Rebecca Aced-Molina — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:52:11 +0000

Many of you have probably heard how Sheryl Sanberg, COO of Facebook and author of “Lean In,” says women need to raise their hands more and take more responsibility for determining their own success. And how Anne-Marie Slaughter, former Director of Policy Planning for the US State Department during the Hilary Clinton years says; the [...]

Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail

Rebecca Aced-Molina — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:46:23 +0000

As 2013 has descended upon us, I’ve been thinking about the tradition of New Years’ Resolutions. I realized it’s a custom that a lot of folks balk at. I undertook some very serious anthropological research (asking my friends what they thought and matching this up with my own opinion), and came up with the following [...]

Reflections on the Summer Village Life in Spain

Rebecca Aced-Molina — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:18:32 +0000

This past summer, I spent six weeks with my husband, eight year old daughter and five year old son in my husband’s childhood home. My husband grew up in a small village in Spain, about 50 kilometers outside of Granada. The Spanish word for village is “pueblo” which doubles in meaning for the village itself [...]

A Response to Atul Gawande

Rebecca Aced-Molina — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:58:11 +0000

First, let me admit I’m a huge fan of Atul Gawande. I loved his book “Better” and have read many of his New Yorker reflections on ways in which human beings and organizations respond to the challenges we face today. I like to humbly fashion myself a kindred spirit. I share Dr. Gawande’s fascination with [...]

Celebrating New Years

Rebecca Aced-Molina — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:53:02 +0000

I had made a commitment to myself some months earlier to express more of myself with my family. The family routine, while calming, can also teeter dangerously on a sense of emptiness. I didn’t know what expressing myself more fully really meant, but I knew it had to do with giving up some control, being [...]