Dr. Debra Condren authored amBITCHous (Broadway Books), a book The New York Times called “…a corrective manifesto urging women to pry apart the bars of common self-imposed traps…and reclaim ambition as a virtue”. A psychologist, career and business coach, speaker, and founder of the Women’s Business Alliance, Debra has advised thousands of women—from rookies to the most powerful executives. She reminds us: Ambition is not a dirty word. Women owe it to ourselves and the world to make the contribution we were born to make. The world deserves to hear from us. www.AmbitionIsNotA DirtyWord.com.
It has been said that "the surest way to keep a man in prison is not to let him know he's there." And the surest way to keep a woman from embracing her pure career ambition is to make her...
Dear Debra: I’m 29. My husband and I have an amazing 3-year-old. I’ve worked part-time since he was born. Now, not only do we need my full-time income, I’m dying to dive back into...
A coaching client called me for emergency support. She was understandably freaked out over an unfortunate--but all-too-common--"dope" mistake. She frantically told her...
“I’m a perfectionist. It keeps me from meeting deadlines and working up to my potential. But I’m so young and new at...
A reader sent me this question: "I have a cherished baby and a husband who is willing to support me. Women in my new mothers group pressure me to abandon my established small business any...
I make my living teaching women how to unapologetically own their ambition in a society that has a double standard. It’s our prevailing cultural paradigm: ambitious men are go-getters, but
As women, how can we deal with male co-workers who are socially inept and make inappropriate comments, but aren’t harassing us, per se? One great tactic is humor.
We women always try and look on the bright side. Case in point: a friend who was going through a painful divorce and custody battle said to me, “Well, at least I’ll lose a few...
While married, what did Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt have in common with 1/3 of American couples? Before I answer that, let me share a question posted by a DamselsInSuccess reader:
Monday, November 12. A small political gathering in South Carolina, captured by the local Fox affiliate: A female supporter asks John McCain, "How do we beat the bitch?"