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Women and Power: To Be Or Not To Be...My Mother!
Women and Power To Be Or Not To BeMy Mother Author:Louise LeBrun Women and Power, a series of presentations delivered live on a variety of topics of interest to women, and the people in their lives. Women and Power is based on the belief that women are strong, competent and courageous; that we, as women, are not in training but are full practitioners at life; and that leadership into the 21st Century mus... more »t come from women. Each of the topics in the series is designed to bring women closer to an awareness of who we are and - more importantly - who we might become! Each topic explores some of the challenges that women face in their own growth and expansion, and in the growth and expansion in their relationships with people around them. The "Women and Power" series covers six prominent topics: speaking up (saying what we really think); money; women and men; women and their mothers; expressing emotions; and finally, in the sixth program, bringing all of these together and exploring how women frequently use the first five to (unwittingly) keep ourselves and each other powerless. The format is the same for all six programs. Each event is held in a public forum, for a duration of two hours, and professionally recorded live with additional microphones positioned in the audience. The program opens with a presentation that runs from 30 to 40 minutes. The floor mics are then opened up for input from the audience, to the degree to which its members wish to participate. People have a lot to say! During this live, open forum, people ask questions, make comments and tell their stories. Each program is then reviewed, with the best 90 minutes made available on audio cassette tape. See Feedback' for comments on the audio tapes. This program, To Be or Not To Be ... My Mother!, reflects on Mother. She is the very source of life itself. Without her, none of us would be here. She is the one who shared her body with us, carried us inside her for nine months, nurtured us from the very tissue of her being ... and she is also the one who can drive us nuts faster than anyone else on earth! One of the most powerful, profound and permanent relationships we have is with Mom. She is the one who becomes the first living example of what to be ... or not to be. Particularly for women, Mom is the living example of who, how and why to be. And then there is all they gray area in between! How much of me is Mom? How much of Mom am I willing to let go of? And how much of Mom do I hang on to and then hold her responsible for the holding on? An exploration of the relationship and its far-reaching influences on our choices, our chances and our lives.« less