WOMEN AS MENTORS     Mentor: A Wise and Faithful Counselor

  

"For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women." Elizabeth Blackwell, First woman physician in the U.S.

Compassion: "You're only a victim as long as you want to be, and I could not see myself holding onto saying; 'I'm a victim.' I let go of that and now have a firm hold on the strength that was always in me." Jan Goff LaFontaine from her book: "Women in Shadow and Light; Journeys From Abuse to Healing"

"Until we realize that it's really life style changes we are looking for and once we find the one that works best for us, sticking with it, we can go on searching indefinitely for the perfect diet; how to change our life; how to succeed, etc, and wondering in the meantime why our lives are still not on track. This can become a form of procrastination. Don't let it; find what works for you and stick with it. You'll be happy you did, trust me." Joann Vallo/Publisher: Women As Mentors

"We teach what we need to learn. We preach what we need to do. We write what we need to know." Ellen H. Taliaferro, M.D. from her book: "Well Writing"

"When my oncologist told me I needed a mastectomy, I screamed at him, 'Why me, why me!' He calmly looked at me and said there were at least three or four patients in his waiting room who would change places with me in an instant." Patty
From: "The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook" by Kathy Steligo

"There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you." Maya Angelou

"If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'good morning' at total strangers."  Maya Angelou's Mother

"Change your life by changing your mind!" Gwenn Henkel, Certified Medical Hypnotherapist

"A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt

"My daughter, Katherine Eileen Hallisy, fought cancer five times by the time she was ten years old. As is so often the case, it is the extraordinary strength and profound wisdom of a child touched by hardship that inspires those around her to channel their grief into action."
Dr. Julia Hallisy, author of: "The Empowered Patient"

"Dig Deep; Fly High; Dance Hard; Cultivate Your Garden; Listen to others; Accept Applause; Love Each Other." Amber Flynn, Spiritual Counselor/Astrologer

"Any sorrow can be borne, if you can turn it into a story." Isak Dinesen

“I do think that women could make politics irrelevant by a kind of spontaneous cooperative action, the likes of which we have never seen...The opposite of patriarchy is not matriarchy, but fraternity; and I think it’s women who are going to have to break the spiral of power and find the trick of cooperation.” Germaine Greer