“It’s all prince charming, it’s all the man is going to come in and basically save you and the trouble is that’s where the story ends.” Amanda sits down with Leslie Bennetts, author of The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much? and contributing editor at Vanity ... read more

If you have a burning desire to become a writer and an inability to get anything meaningful onto the page, I can relate. That’s called writer’s block. My writer’s block lasted almost ten years. I guess you could say I wasn’t completely blocked, as I could journal with the best of ... read more

I left my job at a big Hollywood public relations agency a year after having my first daughter. I loved the place, I met some great people and got to work on some exciting projects, but I was drained. I was squeezing in an hour with my newborn in the morning and another hour or so at ... read more

Ah, the mistress. The vilified vixen in the tight dress who has burned down many legacies in her wake. We can rattle off her recent prey: John Edwards, Anthony Weiner, Mark Sanford, Eliot Spitzer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Petraeus- but we both know that’s just (barely) scratching the surface. ... read more

Yoga takes you into the present moment, the place where life exists. Being very focused on your career takes a toll on your body and mind. Experiencing life with such intensity is just plain exhausting, and finding a way to decompress is necessary for happiness. Since most of us can’t trade in our... read more

Raised in a family that spent 25 years in the traditional book distribution business, some might think it’s strange that I have chosen a non-traditional method to publish and sell the first in a series of anthologies on a subject I’m deeply passionate about: women’s stories and voices. My ... read more