2014 July: She’s not your competition

I grew up accepting a sentiment shared by many other women that women collectively were just too difficult; overstepped relational boundaries, failed to be supportive in difficult situations and were downright complicated. For this reason I had a very high standard of loyalty and kept the number of close women […]

She’s not your competition; Day nineteen

19 Jul, 2014 in 2014 July: She's not your competition by Penny

“Competition is easier to accept if you realise it is not an act of oppression or abrasion – I’ve worked with my best friends in direct competition.” Diane Sawyer The cause of womanhood is served well by women championing one another; celebrating the victories and sharing support in any form […]

She’s not your competition; Day eighteen

18 Jul, 2014 in 2014 July: She's not your competition by Penny

“Facial expressions can exacerbate a conflict. Rolling eyes, smirky smiles or grimaces, and deep frowning all convey contempt or disdain and certainly can heighten defensiveness and worse any conflict. Sometimes you may not want a colleague to know that she is getting to you. You can communicate power with an […]

She’s not your competition; Day seventeen

17 Jul, 2014 in 2014 July: She's not your competition by Penny

Social networking can set us up for deep identity crisis and envy because, let’s face it, we generally only post, on these forums the best aspects of our lives: the fun stuff, parties, weddings, holidays, the new car – playing up the positive aspects of our lives whilst excluding the […]

She’s not your competition; Day sixteen

16 Jul, 2014 in 2014 July: She's not your competition by Penny

The English proverb says, ‘Envy shoots at others but wounds itself,’ the German proverb, ‘Envy eats nothing but its own heart’, and in the book of Proverbs we read, ‘A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.’ Envy resides within and doesn’t want to […]

She’s not your competition; Day fifteen

15 Jul, 2014 in 2014 July: She's not your competition by Penny

“I finished first, didn’t I Mummy? I’m taller, aren’t I Mummy? I’m quicker. I’m better. I beat you”. As a mother of two girls, aged 3 and 4, these words fill my every day. And they are not phrases that I have taught them, they are words that come to […]

companion planting

14 Jul, 2014 in 2014 July: She's not your competition by Jodie McCarthy