“Don’t Be So Bossy!” – Have You Internalized Early Girly Thoughts?

March 14th, 2014 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Adolescents | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on “Don’t Be So Bossy!” – Have You Internalized Early Girly Thoughts?)

As a young girl, you received many messages about who you were and how you should act. Some of these messages may have been very subtle, such as the looks you received when you reached for an extra piece of cake. Those glares told you loud and clear that you were not doing what was …
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When Your Girly Thoughts Hit You in the Face

December 3rd, 2013 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Women's Issues - (Comments Off on When Your Girly Thoughts Hit You in the Face)

I recently gave a luncheon talk to almost 300 business leaders. I was excited. But as many talks are, it was arranged months in advance, and a personal medical concern arose that resulted in some minor surgery and a bandage on my face just in time for this major event. Now I could have entered …
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You Are More Beautiful Than You Think You Are

May 15th, 2013 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on You Are More Beautiful Than You Think You Are)

Yes, you are more beautiful than you think you are! How can I make such a stunning statement without meeting you in person? Because you, like many women, have been brainwashed by something beyond your control, a force so strong yet so insidious that you probably aren’t even aware of it. Yet this powerful force …
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Our Mother, on Mother’s Day: Honoring Our First Model for Our Resilience

May 10th, 2013 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Our Mother, on Mother’s Day: Honoring Our First Model for Our Resilience)

We all come to the celebration of Mother’s Day with a long history of being a daughter, profoundly influenced for better, or worst, by our mothers.  For some, the notion of honoring our mother on Mother’s Day brings about a mix of emotions. Into this emotionally charged day full of obligations, memories, some sweet, others …
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One Billion Rising..By Dancing?

March 12th, 2013 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Addiction | Uncategorized - (Comments Off on One Billion Rising..By Dancing?)

One billion? and we’re not talking about the Sequestration, which is planning to cut one trillion anyway, or the population of the US that is only about 315 million.  No, we are speaking about a global effort involving more than three times the population of the US — we are speaking about women uniting around …
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If ever there was a day designed to potentially dig into our insecurities as women, it is Valentine’s Day.  Here is the day that we are told, reassured, that we are worthy, by having another’s love of us acknowledged.  Some of use will even hold our breath until that love is demonstrated by a token …
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Hearing Our Own Voice – When Faced With Being Blamed for Violence We’ve Experienced

February 12th, 2013 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Hearing Our Own Voice – When Faced With Being Blamed for Violence We’ve Experienced)

Our past trauma can be triggered in a variety of ways. Just after The Feast of the Epiphany (January 6), a patient brought in an article sent to her by a friend in California; and she was triggered.   The article concerned a priest who actually blamed women for abuse they experienced at the hands of …
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