I've spent years in therapy excavating my endless, often fruitless drive to overachieve. I have learned that being successful hasn't made me… — Rachel Simmons Drive Copy Share Image
Sometimes true girl power means accepting that we are actually vulnerable and even powerless - then figuring out how to adapt and… — Rachel Simmons Adapt Copy Share Image
Teaching girls to agitate over every problem implies that relationships, and people, can bend to our will. — Rachel Simmons People Copy Share Image
Reacting to every slight or letdown is neither realistic nor fair; it sends the message that we expect the other person to… — Rachel Simmons Perfect Copy Share Image
Parents are teachers as much as caregivers, and our children learn to navigate life's challenges by watching us. Kids can get a… — Rachel Simmons Challenges Copy Share Image
“Girls like Caroline and Lily are constantly performing, as much for the Good Girl they think they should be as for the… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Most of us are destined to be unhappy if we can't accept that we will have moments - or a waist size… — Rachel Simmons Moments Copy Share Image
“Many teachers, especially those in more affluent communities, believe they are treated no better than a customer-service representative at a store.” — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
There are many ways to be the odd girl out. Your pain can brief or lasting, visible to all or none, with… — Rachel Simmons Friends Copy Share Image
If you want to stand with me as a single mom - and I know so many of my friends and colleagues… — Rachel Simmons Burden Copy Share Image
“Shame is a virus that creates paralysis in its hosts. When you're busy telling yourself what a bad person you are, you… — Rachel Simmons Bad person Copy Share Image
To teach their children how to show themselves grace in the face of a challenge, I coach parents to model self-compassion in… — Rachel Simmons Children Copy Share Image
Girls who use jokes to be nasty are often hiding other feelings they are struggling to express. — Rachel Simmons Feelings Copy Share Image
When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or… — Rachel Simmons Abuse Copy Share Image
Silence is deeply woven into the fabric of female experience, — Rachel Simmons Fabric Copy Share Image
No matter how much you urge them to relax and how much you mean it, your child probably grapples with highly stressful… — Rachel Simmons Children Copy Share Image
In the so-called age of girl power, we have failed to cut loose our most regressive standards of female success - like… — Rachel Simmons Age Copy Share Image
You can give them the opportunity to thrive, but when it comes to finding happiness or success, kids are really on their… — Rachel Simmons Finding Copy Share Image
To defer to someone else's definition of a life well-lived is a Faustian bargain. — Rachel Simmons Bargain Copy Share Image
Jealousy is unavoidable - it's part of the price we pay for intimacy. — Rachel Simmons Intimacy Copy Share Image
There are times in every friendship when you or your friend are too busy to call or are more focused on other… — Rachel Simmons Busy Copy Share Image
I realized that I wanted a Rhodes Scholarship, not because I wanted to go to graduate school but because I wanted to… — Rachel Simmons Award Copy Share Image
For the self-conscious or insecure girl, technology can become a crippling addiction, an insatiable hunger not just for connection but the elusive… — Rachel Simmons Addiction Copy Share Image
If smart phones had been around for women in the 1950s, 'The Feminine Mystique' might never have been written. The depression and… — Rachel Simmons 1950s Copy Share Image
