Plaid for Women | Jeanne Owers | Activity https://www.plaidforwomen.com/members/jeanneowers/activity/ Activity feed for Jeanne Owers. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:52:45 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 cf72bae9039a27d0a038d6073efb3ada Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20474 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:30:30 -0500 FIRST WOMEN IN HISTORY
ANNIE OAKLEY (1860-1926)
Annie Oakley, was born Phoebe Ann Moses, (or sometimes spelled Mosey), on August 13, 1860 in Drake County, Ohio. Both her father and stepfather died when she was […]

]]> eb3c62670dd37d1c4bda92a33d59ea7a Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20445 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:30:31 -0500 Gluttony is deceptive, because it believes we truly need much. Gluttony wants to gulp down, to over-indulge and over-consume. It believes if you don’t have the right car, you don’t get hired, so you suddenly nee […]

]]> 4fac68eb672fca1e57ee808f1ef2bba9 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20433 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 10:30:29 -0500 Statistically, women earn less than men, but when you look at the same job and the same skill set, the wage disparity is lower than you’d think, according to Pay Scale.

Often the wage difference between men and […]

]]> 776b55f241fde6dd0ea2eb0b806bb234 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20410 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 10:30:47 -0500 What do I mean exactly by the word “discern”?

The key definition that applies here is “having or showing good judgement”.

Said another way, what the question really asks is this:

If you are in a situatio […]

]]> 2eba949d4dd15b965cb6fe5791927ec1 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20391 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 10:30:09 -0500 Huda Asaaf (Nee Patricia Skinner)
I lost a sister this month. Not a biological one but a very real sister nonetheless. My dear friend Huda Assaf passed away on a Friday morning after a determined and courageous […]

]]> 0f1635ce7937cb0fc24932f9332fb7aa Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20374 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:30:00 -0500 Over the years, I have met many individuals who may find themselves at a career crossroads, being ‘riffed’ in the latest downsizing, or perhaps even due to their age (and yes, this does happen despite what som […]

]]> cc045ec9b989087d903973db0fab08e1 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20370 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:30:37 -0500 Expectation is a prickly word. It leaves so much emotion on the table and is the downfall of many relationships. It is also the cause for many women feeling unworthy. The female culture tends to dictate a […]

]]> 661b9bd15051c60e3df9e611c5cdf64f Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20364 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:30:14 -0500 I experience dis-ease as I participate in the world around me! A world that has become obsessed with—or should I say, addicted to–texting, tweeting, twittering, Facebooking, and computer gaming. People of all w […]

]]> 7d5d50035bdf38600932abf71fa14291 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20359 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 10:30:09 -0500 It’s important to be grateful for what you have and say thank you, everyone knows that, but let’s talk about why it’s so important. Even though quite often what you have is not what you currently want, at some […]

]]> 382127bd0ebf1b41766f14fce0bd737f Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20344 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:30:33 -0500 This month, when it comes to talking about the spectrum of schizophrenic disorders, I am venturing away from mental health diagnoses I’m familiar with. Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that affects how a […]

]]> 8ba6343823e40baef73e53b38d103a30 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20334 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:30:24 -0500 The other day I was watching the genealogy-based PBS show Finding Your Roots. In this particular episode, Dustin Hoffman learned of several tragic deaths in his extended family. As tears welled up in his eyes, […]

]]> 0c3222441c67bec703c8c621b814ea83 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20338 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 20:30:44 -0500 My friend of 24 years recently lost her father-in-law after a courageous battle with cancer. Prior to his death, she found herself deep into a situation that required her to juggle work, family and her ailing […]

]]> f517a5a358fcd9cce6a420a71005e000 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20312 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:30:22 -0500 It was a cold, wintry morning when my alarm clock sounded declaring it time to “rise and shine.”  Blinking, looking twice and realizing it was 4:30 a.m. all I could think of was the chilly room and the covers that […]

]]> 449600c5e3e9529a5520ba40cbfd4a0a Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20306 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 20:30:31 -0500 Clean, healthy and balanced water is a foundation for vibrant health. However, we know that most of the water sources are polluted and that tap water is very unsafe to drink. With all the information out there […]

]]> 7ccfb072b2e2d7827c03970756557389 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20295 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:30:17 -0500 …and Why You Should Be In One
It’s a tough world out there, whether you are an entrepreneur, running your own business, or a corporate employee trying to maximize your career. Change is constant and rapid, c […]

]]> ad666e2afbb604d40d8b350f9e423276 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20285 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:30:07 -0500 “Lost time is never found again.”
~Benjamin Franklin
Most everything about Harper’s inclusion in this world was a challenge that took time and patience and love.  I am grateful for the moments when I decide […]

]]> da071b7a1176f7202ac13508fd765b35 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20252 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:30:02 -0500 Hey, what’s a nice girl like you, doing in a field like this?  Grow’in good food, baby!  How does a woman veteran go from flying jets over the earth, to cooling her jets digging in the earth?  Good question and it […]

]]> 3ff0adcad6ff1d05097ed997e71908a4 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20248 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 20:30:38 -0500 Every so often you probably come up with a great idea and think of how you could turn it into a profitable business. While you may not have anything figured out right now, there could be a day in the future when […]

]]> 8a8aa8b7d269e144657868f6f87a368a Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20242 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:30:46 -0500 I fall asleep most every night reading articles about admissions trends, cognitive psychology, goal-setting… I eat this stuff up.

But I also read things that make my stomach turn. Some of these n […]

]]> ad4105dd89933e643fcab2ff83a03387 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19845 Tue, 10 May 2016 10:30:50 -0500 MARY ANN SHADD CARY (1823-1893)
Born in Wilmington, DE, the eldest of 13 children of free Negros, (as African-Americans were then known,) Mary Ann was a role model for women in education and law. She was the […]

]]> f10338e2cdb402888a9f1476ab7ab231 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19827 Mon, 09 May 2016 10:30:48 -0500 Over the past several years, I have been engaged in an increasing number of situations where personal egos lose their touchstone to the ultimate demise of the organization, the overall mission, or the actual […]

]]> d134f5e0a3301df1b69ddd08b82401f8 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19779 Wed, 04 May 2016 10:30:55 -0500 My father is full of wisdom. From a very young age I always valued his insight on the ideals of business, responsibility and accountability in our world, and the importance of relationships, both professional and […]

]]> 42b5b99d0c5d4d2bd1c44de431f77ba6 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19768 Tue, 03 May 2016 20:30:33 -0500 I spend a lot of time talking to women. I work with a lot of women and most of my clients are women. I am saddened by, also personally familiar with, the negative messages women send to themselves. I hear things […]

]]> fd2a6f0e8bed44c7f21c731b5e409579 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19763 Tue, 03 May 2016 10:30:08 -0500 The U.S. has been a global superpower since World War II, and this status has defined us.  However education-wise, the U.S. has consistently lagged behind other countries on international tests such as the […]

]]> 370ace1aa08d6f4fa422ee87af242e6d Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19727 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:30:56 -0500 He will always be the man that stood tall as a pilot, a husband and father, and a friend to many!! Today, he is slouched in a wheelchair, his head to the side, unable to stand or chat. He, by far, is the youngest […]

]]> 6a7f8df4abfdcad18b83b183b786d187 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19719 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:30:39 -0500 It seems that most new businesses want a website to fill in the gap of web presence. If you fall in this this category you don’t need to spend thousands of dollars to achieve this. I am a web designer and people […]

]]> 31afb4296678b44e7d1f0773313272be Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19689 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:30:54 -0500 This Dallas International Women’s Day event is definitely no place for MEAN GIRLS!
Although it’s one of many International Women’s Day events in the area, this one holds a special place in my heart. It’s led by a […]

]]> b45ce4073e9414471239ec4108437935 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19649 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:30:25 -0500 Back in 1988 when I sobered up and went to lots and lots of 12-step recovery meetings, I often heard the saying “we’re just a bunch of drunks and junkies.” Even though I knew I fit that description because of my […]

]]> 65ec969993136f8819de84fe096c0beb Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19608 Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:30:32 -0500 It’s time to cut the clutter.

I’m not just talking about physical clutter, AKA all the stuff clogging your closets and drawers.

I’m talking about all those non-physical things that keep you from exper […]

]]> cff352fc7fff57f8b3b7807d4e14d346 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19590 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:30:58 -0500 My family and I went to the beach for Spring Break this year. Typically, the beach is a yearly summer tradition for my family. There is just something about it that draws my family back each and every year. It is […]

]]> 01b0e311e4cd817a11b978c31e0802f9 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19563 Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:30:06 -0500 (and how it can help you grow your own business)
Much as I would like to tell you otherwise (because it would somehow feel better not to call out some of the funny little “untruths” that roll around the int […]

]]> fb50939b89221362e2b13b3c948376f5 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19541 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:30:19 -0500 As women working in the world, we try to do well in our work, perhaps even making the world a little better because of our work. But I expect many of us have noticed there are resistances, struggles, negative […]

]]> 52b123c19968e4052016c212ca16ec86 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19517 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:30:57 -0500 On August 19, 1948 a red headed, green eyed, chubby little boy entered this world. He grew into a rebellious child who gave his mother more grief than she could have ever imagined. In his teenage years he was […]

]]> 3768119dd8683292ce0692ce940499f3 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19504 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 10:30:38 -0500 Give us a brief background. Where did you grow up?
After growing up in Mexico City, my family decided to relocate to America in 1991. I completed high school in Richardson, Texas and then moved to Dallas where my […]

]]> 1d1c3781d1d39ab14b5cf021dfe9673d Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19491 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:30:16 -0500 My son is 22 years old. He’s a senior in college, graduating from the University of Texas at Austin in just a few short months. I had the pleasure, the HONOR, of having a telephone conversation with him recently t […]

]]> 9cc2ab667886db5b2cae278fe12f641a Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19481 Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:30:09 -0500 For years now, team and individuals have asked me to help them build thriving relationships at work (and in life). Many are struggling as they look to their right and left – and they wonder why some teams are t […]

]]> 56dda6e87b8172e164649444e7cc92cf Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=19460 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:30:45 -0500 [Image source: BJJ heroes]

I’m 43 years old, and I attended by first Jiu Jitsu class 3 weeks ago. I did wonder if I was too old and too out of shape (no exercise in the last 5 years… just working in front of […]

]]> 7185dbdac2b861431a2eca8d7182a690 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=18099 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 11:30:28 -0600 Willa Cather definitely defied the norms for girls in her day and age…she cut her hair short, wore trousers, openely rebelled against roles girls were supposed to play, and became one of the first women in her […]

]]> 8a8e9553f65b21981470f30178c5ddde Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=18071 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:30:00 -0600 Not too long ago, I was having dinner with two very dear and special friends at my favorite Dallas neighborhood bistro, Parigi. As always, we launched into an open, authentic and passionate conversation. This […]

]]> 993fc2aee65fbc126a87cbbc49521a36 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=18051 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:30:02 -0600 Congratulations! You’ve made the ultimate decision to take charge of your brand and become the CEO of your life and career. This is wonderful and amazing and from my personal experience, you’re about to go on the […]

]]> cfe0544b2a06c69d032225487824eef0 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=18030 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 22:30:57 -0600 Money talks, money talks! Dirty cash, I want you, dirty cash I need you whoa-oh… What a great song. Oh, hi!

Money may talk, but talking about money can suck.

At least that’s what I used to think.

But i […]

]]> 5962207f9e193eca6432620a2e887c9f Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=17998 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:30:21 -0600 Off the top of your head, I’ll bet you can name dozen or more shows you watched as a kid with your whole family. Something happened in the mid ‘90s, though, that all but destroyed the tradition of families wat […]

]]> 822f2740a2eef28328654a486e07586d Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=17953 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:30:12 -0600 Unraveling, I look around. The loose threads are at my feet. Everything I imagined, dreamed of, envisioned has come undone. The colors fade, the darkness scary.

That was yesterday, in the past, no longer […]

]]> 67f3e019aff4791ac5f9778faebbbf6f Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=17947 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 11:30:47 -0600 One morning during his annual summer visit, my 14-year-old grandson came dragging into the living room. “I’m so bored,” he groused, iPhone in hand and headphones over his shoulders. I thought for a moment to alter […]

]]> 0451766d02eabb0411159d85b34c621a Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=17904 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:30:33 -0500 Mean girls, mean girls I hope you can see that we are all in the same game to achieve success and rise educationally above in the struggle for equality. I have the fortunate opportunity to work with multicultural […]

]]> 76da13c0b6ae76d01f26842d739a28a8 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=17885 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:30:29 -0500 I lost my cousin a few weeks ago. She was a vibrant woman with a laughter that echoes in the collective ear of our wounded family. She was hearty and full, all the time. Her loss has quickened us all. We’re r […]

]]> 9e08a451ad64f904ec199bb216dd6589 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=17866 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:30:08 -0500 As I am sure everyone knows or has been told, losing weight is a journey and there are many self-discoveries those looking to change their lives make along the way. That has definitely been the case for me and I […]

]]> 9d3f36d21b64a0969d47b8ff4c7b5717 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=17850 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:30:49 -0500 Do you spend more time thinking about a new pair of shoes than your financial future? Many women do. Our boutique firm specializes in financial planning and investment advising for women who find themselves […]

]]> 3125076a06b4b093214bb9e56388c5c0 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=17825 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 10:30:43 -0500 More than one hundred Texas women, 132 to be exact, were killed in 2014 by their partner. That’s an 11% increase from the previous year. That’s frightening, tragic, heartbreaking. That number is alarming. That num […]

]]> 05330b5eda089d1824a5f75902825359 Jeanne Owers wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=17556 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:30:59 -0500 Our culture has taught us that only rude people set boundaries or perhaps they are only for people who have spent a lot of time in counseling. We have this belief that in order to be a person who implements […]

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