This short film…

Sigur Rós – Valtari from Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Films on Vimeo.

This book…

Former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro was a stay-at-home mother. Founder and CEO of Oxygen Media Geraldine Laybourne was working at a public interest think tank for teachers. Political strategist Mary Matalin was a first-year law student—and about to drop out. And months prior to her thirtieth birthday, financial strategist and best-selling author Suze Orman was working as a waitress, making $400 a month.

Decades later, these Boomer women and many others have reached the pinnacles of their professions. So why do Gen-X/Y women feel such pressure to have the perfect career, body, husband, and kids by the time they are at or around 30? Why has 30 become such a make-or-break moment?

As the generation that came of age after the most visible glass ceilings had been broken, Gen-X/Y women were raised to believe in futures without limitations. Yet, as journalists Lia Macko and Kerry Rubin reveal in their fascinating investigation, many women have distorted the well-intentioned empowerment messages of their youth and are quietly blaming themselves when they fail to overcome the very real obstacles that still exist in our society. Though many Gen-X/Y women are hitting the same roadblocks at the same time, instead of questioning what’s wrong with the system—as Boomer women did in their twenties—they’re questioning their own “choices.”

Searching for solutions, Macko and Rubin have enlisted the aid of the New Girls’ Club, a group of successful, satisfied women who’ve lived through their own crossroads moments, earned their battle scars, and now share their stories and strategies. While today’s young women may indeed be a generation in the middle of a Midlife Crisis at 30, they now have a dream team of mentors to help guide them through it.

(Amazon US/ Amazon UK)

This quote…

All the “not readies,” all the “I need times,” are understandable, but only for a short while. The truth is that there is never a “completely ready,” there is never a really “right time.” As with any descent to the unconscious, there comes a time when one simply hopes for the best, pinches one’s nose, and jumps into the abyss. If this were not so, we would not have needed to create the words heroine, hero, or courage. ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes

This post…

The Curvy Seven With Lisa Lister

Start from where you are. On the mat and in life. Don’t put off doing epic shit because you’re worried what people might think. Or you’re concerned about your chubby tummy, or you’re worried about not being able to rock a certain ensemble because of the size of your ass.
YOU are made entirely o’ awesome.
A whole lot o’ awesome.
Own it. Claim your divine deliciousness.
Take up space. Make no apologies. On the mat and in life.
I dare you.

This woman’s work…

Hannah Marcotti’s Spirits of Joy

30 days of prompts. 30 days of soulwork. 30 days of creative exploration. 30 days of you. 30 days to creating a vision book. 30 days of connection to spirit. 30 days of the gift of joy.

This poem…

Come To The Edge by Christopher Logue

Come to the edge.
We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It’s too high!
COME TO THE EDGE!
And they came,
and we pushed,
And they flew.

What’s stirring your soul this week?