Since we've begun a conversation on Owning Pink about the urges to create children and work, it's prompted me to revisit the role of work in my life (which includes children) and ask you Pinkies to share with me how it fits in with yours. Why is there always so much tension between the energy we devote to these most important aspects of life? Where is the balance? What does it look like?

Forgive me in advance, Pinkies. I have never once written about politics here at Owning Pink. Why? Because it’s so friggin’ polarizing, and I have spent the last year helping build this community with the desire to help us realize how interconnected we are. And politics tends to be so divisive. So I have avoided mentioning political issues, as if doing so would make the red/blue divide go away.

Dearest Pinkies, please welcome back Leah Shapiro, Head Rabble Rouser at DefytheBox.com. Leah works with women who are tired of the self doubt and the frustration that they are feeling, and who are no longer willing to give up their dreams in order to fit into the role that society has cast them in. Today, she brings us some fresh - and quite Pink, if we do say so - ways to approach making changes in our lives. Thank you as always, Leah, for your convention-defying wisdom. Love to you, sister.

Dear, dear Pinkies ... please welcome back Pink Goddess extraordinaire Tama Kieves, author of This Time I Dance: Creating the Work You Love. She has generously given us permission to reprint her monthly newsletter, "Trusting the Journey Times," on Owning Pink for the life-altering benefit of all seeking Pinkies. Enjoy this message, and be sure to check out Tama's site www.awakeningartistry.com.