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Why Women Should Put Themselves First
In order to love others, we need to love ourselves first
Every year as International Women’s Day approaches, I find myself writing stories that empower women. I feel strongly about the need to highlight women’s achievements, their strength, and their courage.
In the past I have shared stories from my own life — about being a woman in STEM, raising feminist daughters and also about my own mother and her unique take on life. In most cases, the focus is on the doing, on achieving, on breaking barriers and shattering ceilings.
This year I want to write about something different. In a bid to prove that women are as good as or better than men or claim that we deserve recognition, there is a tendency to focus on our accomplishments, and on our actions that impact our family, workplace or society.
While it is inspiring to see women who have scaled great heights and achieved phenomenal success, it may also be a double-edged sword for most women who are just trying to get through the day.
What about taking care of ourselves?
Recently I learned about Human Giver Syndrome, a condition that afflicts more women than men because of social conditioning wherein women are expected to play a supporting role…
