She's Independent Community Blog

  • Four Steps to Improving Your Informational Interviews

    by Jacob K. Lehman Collaborator

    Effective informational interviews can help you land a great job, but bad ones can be both frustrating and counterproductive. 

    Here are four lessons I’ve learned from talking with job-seekers and recruiters to help make your informational interviews more efficient and effective.

    Posted in interview, job search, networking, workplace

  • One Climber's Journey to Empowerment

    by Marcey Hess Collaborator
    Avid adventurer Marcey Hess shares her passion and journey with rock climbing walking us through the personal growth and empowerment she acquired alongside new skills and perspective on the rock face.
    Posted in empowerment, Mental Health Advocacy

  • 5 Steps to Finding Your Voice at the Doctor

    by Elevation Wellness Collaborator
    It's hard to advocate for yourself, especially when you're sick. Here are five ways to reclaim your voice in medical management
    Posted in empowerment, healing, Women's Health

  • The Looming Empty Nest: One Mother’s Mindful Journey

    by Corry Buckwalter Collaborator
    No woman wants a marital separation to coincide with an impending empty nest, but this is what happened to me. How did I catch myself in a free fall of grief and disorientation? I discovered meditation. A daily practice was both the hardest, and easiest, way to move on in my life. 
    Posted in empowerment, healing, relationships, Transition

  • How food can improve your mental health

    by Feed Your Mental LLC Collaborator

    Ever wonder if you can eat your way to feeling mentally healthy? Science says you can.

    Posted in Mental Health, Women's Health

  • Navigating Your Plate: Proteins, Fats, & Carbs

    by Feed Your Mental LLC Collaborator
    We know we need to eat a healthy diet. But how? And what are nutrients, anyway? Dive into the science of a perfect plate.
    Posted in Women's Health

  • On making a life change & what it's like for a young woman on wall street

    by Natalie Levy

    I felt magnetized to the hype of Wall Street circa 2004, with its promise of wealth, power, and a good time, and the fact that it was a boy’s club wasn’t going to stop me.

    A few years in, I started to question things.

    Posted in empowerment, Mental Health, Transition, workplace

  • PCOS, the Pill, and the Epiphany

    by Feed Your Mental LLC Collaborator
    I spent a decade on the pill to manage my PCOS symptoms before I realized I had other options. Now I help people use food and lifestyle as tools to achieve health and empowerment.
    Posted in empowerment, healing, Mental Health, Women's Health

  • A gun from your store killed my mother

    by Natalie Levy

    We lost my mother in January.

    I blamed gun control upfront but now realize we need to address this politicized issue alongside investing in mental health.

    Posted in healing, Mental Health Advocacy

  • My Solo Summer Vacation

    by Hayley Roberts

    In my twenties, I had a hard time taking vacation days because where can you go with no money? I could only think of one viable option: Myrtle Beach.

    Posted in empowerment

  • The Time for Trauma

    by Hayley Roberts

    TW: This post discusses sexual assault and trauma.

    I don’t know what it feels like to heal from childhood sexual trauma, but I know what it feels like to start.

    Posted in healing, Transition

  • Post Traumatic Growth

    by Natalie Levy

    Please note that this post covers sensitive issues and explicit content.

    Most people talk about post traumatic stress. Post traumatic growth focuses on the ways an event can change a person in positive ways.

    Posted in healing, Transition