by Jessica Gendron | Oct 18, 2022 | Cancer, For College Students, Mindset, Professional, Resilience
Over the last 18 months, I’ve worked really hard on building a strong, positive, and grateful mindset. I needed it to navigate my cancer journey and frankly I wish I would have found the practices I use, a bit sooner. I’ve been through a lot, we all have, which is why...
by Jessica Gendron | Jan 11, 2022 | Balance, Cancer, For College Students, Leadership, Professional
As I sat down to reflect on what I wanted in 2022 and set a new mantra for the year, I struggled to find the right words. When I embarked on 2021, the mantra I’d chosen was “Failure over Fear”. I had committed to work on my perfectionism and the...
by Jessica Gendron | May 8, 2020 | Balance, Career, For College Students, Leadership, Professional
I’ve been grumpy and unproductive. I find myself looking back at my long work days and wondering what I accomplished except for sitting in front of my computer on video calls all day – and responding to emails. I haven’t had an ounce of creativity....
by Jessica Gendron | Apr 17, 2020 | Feminism, For College Students, Professional
Yesterday morning my day started by helping a friend pick out an outfit for a big video meeting she had. Our Marco Polo trio carefully helped her pick out the perfect earring/necklace combo and determine if she should wear a suit jacket or not. We complimented her...
by Jessica Gendron | Dec 10, 2019 | Competition-Comparison, For College Students, Professional
This is part of a five part series focused on reframing the conversation around competition and comparison among women. We recommend you start by reading Part One: Catfight! In Part One of this series, we talked about how changing the conversation for women around...
by Jessica Gendron | Dec 3, 2019 | Competition-Comparison, For College Students, Professional
Part 1 of 5. I could spew data for days about competition among women. We could talk about all of the reasons why women see competition negatively, why when we compete with each other it’s seen as catty, how hostile competition is a mask for insecurity, and on...
