When my son was two years old, my husband left. I was a stay- at-home mom at the time and had to find a job – fast. So, while sending out résumés, I also signed up for the temporary agency at a local university. I was placed in a pre-college outreach program through the biology department. My degrees were in political science and world literatures, so I didn’t expect a permanent job match. I was 34 and hadn’t had biology since tenth grade!

My fearless Pleaping 4 year old Siena (if she can Pleap, so can you!)

Today, I’m going to be on television for the first time (View From the Bay, ABC TV in San Francisco at 3pm PST!) Thing is, I hate cameras. But it’s all in service to my mission. I believe that my work- Owning Pink, my book, the Owning Pink Center- is like air for a world that is suffocating. We have been so stifled by trying to put ourselves in boxes that don’t fit that we have forgotten how to breathe. We have beaten ourselves up and suffered in silence. We have settled for living lives that are less than vital. We have isolated ourselves so that we feel completely alone in our struggle to be free. I believe it doesn’t have to be this way. I believe- together, with Divine guidance, we can change the world (no biggie). When you boil it down, I believe in YOU.

Beloved Pinkies, please welcome back Tama Kieves, author of This Time I Dance: Creating the Work You Love and a Pink Goddess through and through. She speaks today about risk ... or to put it in Pink terms, taking a Pleap (Pink leap of faith). Enjoy, and many thanks as always to Tama!