Women can help other women grow

A 2008 study[1] from the University of Torontoentrepreneur, and artist or a dreamer. As an older
showed that a woman who works for anotherwomen, we offer experience, wisdom and guidance;
woman suffers a higher degree of stress than ifas a younger woman, we offer a fresh vantage
either she worked for a man, or if a man worked forpoint coupled with relatively untainted enthusiasm.
that same woman. Another article from the sameWhen we as women grow big enough to actually
paper[2] says that there's a (nonsensical)abandon the high school animosity into which most
"sisterhood"belief that says it is the men who makesof us have been indoctrinated, and instead accept
us so incredibly devious.To put it bluntly, that is a loadthe gift that has been granted to us through our
of bull. "Actually, it isn't men—it's girls;it's the girlsgender, our worlds expand.
they used to know and the girls they used to be,"No spoken words will ever teach young women how
and anybodywho ever went to an all-girls school willto love as powerfully as love-filled lives of older
know exactly what I mean. There is no thuggerywomen." From the book, Spiritual Mothering: The
among boys that matches the viciousness that aTitus 2 Model for Women Mentoring Women, by
gang of girls can inflict upon the victim of theirSusan Hunt, George Grant, p 59.
choice."If you have set out to grow, you must choose
The all-important question is, does it need to be so?between climbing a ladder or catapulting over it.
Instead of being catty and competitive, perhaps weClimb the ladder by doing it yourself, because you
as unstoppable women entrepreneurs can startknow you can. Catapult it by opening yourself up to
tapping into one of the most creative and innovatedthose experiences that most mirror yours in life: tap
sources around us: other women.into the power available to you, the power of
We women provide an incredibly opportunity tomentoring with other women.
other women, whether you are a professional, an