By Kimberly Kafafian   You are seen. You are heard. You are not invisible. You are valued. You are wanted. You are welcomed. You are not alone. In a crisis, call the NAMI Helpline at 800-950-NAMI or text “NAMI” to 741741 The last two years have increased anxiety – about jobs, family, finances, and our […]

By Kimberly Kafafian I’m 5 minutes late to every meeting. I don’t do it on purpose and my only explanation is that my neurodiverse brain has set my internal clock 5 minutes slow. I try and try and try, and yet I’m still 5 minutes late. I’ve asked my team, humbly, to accept it and […]

By Kimberly Kafafian Neurodiversity is oftentimes an overlooked and marginalized aspect of our workplace. It’s a subject I am passionate about; I’m also a resident expert. I am neurodiverse. My sons are neurodiverse. Our employees and clients are neurodiverse. I spent a large portion of my life feeling like a square peg getting shoved into […]

By Kimberly Kafafian   I hate to say it because we’re in the middle of Women’s History Month, but we’re experiencing a “shecession”. This term was coined by C. Nicole Mason, president and chief executive of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. And, unfortunately, it’s spot on. The pandemic disproportionately left millions of women out […]

By Kimberly Kafafian   Even before the first studies and research results were released, I could have told you how the pandemic was disproportionately impacting working women. I saw it in my community when shops run and staffed by women were shuttered overnight. When schools and daycares were suddenly closed, friends and family – myself […]