Role Reboot

Why So Many Women Put Others’ Happiness Before Their Own

I call this happiness by proxy: the idea that our own happiness can be measured by the happiness of the people who surround us. But what about our own needs? I was watching the pilot of the British sitcom Pulling the other day, which revolves around a woman who’s about to get married but is […]

To All The ‘Selfish’ Moms

I kept telling myself: You have responsibilities. You chose this. This is what being a mother and wife means. But I didn’t know it would feel so horrible. Hey Selfish Moms. Yeah, you. You know who you are. You’re the Mom who goes to the gym. You’re the Mom who leaves her husband to finish the dishes […]