MotherTalk Blog Tour: Arianna Huffington's On Becoming Fearless
Arianna Huffington shared a bed with Al Franken. Al Franken shared an elevator with Devra Renner. Devra Renner shared a cabin at summer camp with Aviva Pflock. Aviva Pflock shared her gene pool with her daughter Arianna Pflock. Arianna Pflock and Arianna Hufffington share the same first name.
What does all of that fascinating information have to do with anything? Fear not. We shall explain...
Now we know who we all are, and "When we know who we are", according to Arianna Huffington, "we can overcome our fears and insecurities."
As soon as we began reading Arianna's book On Becoming Fearless, she had us at "Introduction"
"I will provide a road map for achieving fearlessness in every aspect of our lives, a straight-to-the-point manifesto on how to be fearless. How to be bold. How to say what we need to say and do what we need to do in a way that has us embracing, not fearing, the reactions of others." (p. 9)
We've kept that map, and when you come back here on April 27th's Fearless Friday Bonanza and read about Devra's experience with her first grown-up job, how Risky Business provided her a mantra for fearlessness and then you will see even more of how Arianna's map works:
"Why speaking out is almost always better than silence. How to assess what's holding us back from being our best, most honest selves and what we must do to change. Why the world will be a better place if we actively work for the things we want and believe in." (p. 9)
On that very same Fearless Friday Bonanza, you will read Aviva's account of her trip back to the future as Aviva describes her decision to dance and sing, get up and do her thing and how the decision to be fearless decreased her own guilty feelings about having a guilty pleasure:
"I'm convinced that once you become a mother-whether you stay at home or work--when they take the baby out,they put the guilt in. From that moment, both baby and guilt start growing. And as our children grow up, the fear that we're never good enough, that we're never doing enough, only becomes more intense." (p. 68)
Fear not as you wait for Friday to arrive, as we have your first fearless assignment ready: You're going to venture out and read: MojoMom, MUBAR, The Mom Trap, Baggage and Bug, Sundry Mourning, Pundit Mom, Rookie Mom, Just Another Ink-Stained Wretch, and MomsRising.
Then at the end of the week, you will overcome any insecurity you may have and Find Parentopia!
See you on Fearless Friday, because if you don't show up, we'll give you a reason to "be afraid, be very afraid."
What does all of that fascinating information have to do with anything? Fear not. We shall explain...
Now we know who we all are, and "When we know who we are", according to Arianna Huffington, "we can overcome our fears and insecurities."
As soon as we began reading Arianna's book On Becoming Fearless, she had us at "Introduction"
"I will provide a road map for achieving fearlessness in every aspect of our lives, a straight-to-the-point manifesto on how to be fearless. How to be bold. How to say what we need to say and do what we need to do in a way that has us embracing, not fearing, the reactions of others." (p. 9)
We've kept that map, and when you come back here on April 27th's Fearless Friday Bonanza and read about Devra's experience with her first grown-up job, how Risky Business provided her a mantra for fearlessness and then you will see even more of how Arianna's map works:
"Why speaking out is almost always better than silence. How to assess what's holding us back from being our best, most honest selves and what we must do to change. Why the world will be a better place if we actively work for the things we want and believe in." (p. 9)
On that very same Fearless Friday Bonanza, you will read Aviva's account of her trip back to the future as Aviva describes her decision to dance and sing, get up and do her thing and how the decision to be fearless decreased her own guilty feelings about having a guilty pleasure:
"I'm convinced that once you become a mother-whether you stay at home or work--when they take the baby out,they put the guilt in. From that moment, both baby and guilt start growing. And as our children grow up, the fear that we're never good enough, that we're never doing enough, only becomes more intense." (p. 68)
Fear not as you wait for Friday to arrive, as we have your first fearless assignment ready: You're going to venture out and read: MojoMom, MUBAR, The Mom Trap, Baggage and Bug, Sundry Mourning, Pundit Mom, Rookie Mom, Just Another Ink-Stained Wretch, and MomsRising.
Then at the end of the week, you will overcome any insecurity you may have and Find Parentopia!
See you on Fearless Friday, because if you don't show up, we'll give you a reason to "be afraid, be very afraid."
posted by Devra and Aviva @ 9:09 PM
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