Making Change on the Court: Naomi Osaka Serves Mental Health Concerns

Issue 169 — June 6, 2021

As a girl, I loved tennis. I was never destined to be a Naomi Osaka, but I played regularly until I was 13 years old. Then my family moved to a small town where the only public tennis court was at the local high school. Soon after arriving in town, I went there with a girlfriend.

The court bordered on the street. A few minutes into our game, a carload of teenage boys parked in front of the court and shouted remarks about our physical appearance. We ignored the boys till they left, then packed up our racquets and went home. I never played tennis again.

The SumGloria FeldtJune 6, 2021implicit bias, Female Achievement, Mental Health, IntentionComment

19 #goodthingsabout2020

Issue 155 — December 28, 2020

You’d think this year is an animate being one could punch or despise or dress down. Every other headline on those end-of-year emails clogging our inboxes rails against poor old 2020. Worst year ever, leave it in the rearview mirror, kick it to the curb, and so on.

The SumGloria FeldtDecember 28, 2020Intention, 2020, Women LeadersComment

Hello 2020: 3 Intentions to Predict the Future by Creating It.

Issue 117 — January 5, 2020

My son gave me a cool gift last year called StoryWorth. I answered a question about my life (almost) every week and it was shared with my children for their comments. The company will turn all this content into a book now. Nice. I’ve had fun looking back at my history. And the exercise reminded me that it’s not so much the facts of what happened but the meaning of those facts — how you interpret them, what you learn from them, and how all that informs one’s choices.

The SumGloria FeldtJanuary 5, 2020Women Leadership, Parity, 2020, Intention, PowerComment

Blown Away.

If you weren’t in this “room where it happened,” you’ll definitely want to be there next year. I’m talking about the World Woman Summit where I had the honor of being the opening keynote last week. But it almost didn’t happen, for me at least.

The SumGloria FeldtNovember 25, 2019The Sum, World Woman Summit, Gender Equality, Intention, Redefine RulesComment

My Week of Intention and How You Can Elevate Yours

It wasn’t my intention to meet a princess and have her introduce me for my speech at the WICT (Women in Cable Telecommunications) Leadership Conference. But it happened because I set my intention to appear on large stages this year.

The SumGloria FeldtSeptember 23, 2019Ambition, Intention, wear the shirt, Parity, LeadershipComment

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