by Robert Zeitlin | Apr 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
photo credit: Joshua Earle Don’t Read This!…says that voice in your head,warning you of potential danger. The voice in my head belongs to a stern Vice Principal. He warns me, “young man, this is going to be on your PERMANENT record.”According to him, I need to take...
by Robert Zeitlin | Mar 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
photo credit: Jonas Jacobsson/Unsplash I see the invisible labor that women carry.It is no longer invisible to me. I am a white, cis-gender, straight male. I’m coming from a position of privilege where I can decide if this should matter to me. It does. Here’s...
by Robert Zeitlin | Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Profiles of everyday superheroesMaggie was cracking me up. She wants to take her physical training (and her business… and her parenting) to the next level. But first she has a battle to fight with ‘clipless’ bike pedals. When we spoke about this, I laughed and told...
by Robert Zeitlin | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
You aren’t just raising a child. You are preventing colon cancer. You wake up every morning to pave the road to an Ivy League education.Face it: before you get out of bed in the morning, you hoist the weight of the world on your shoulders. As a working mom, your job...
by Robert Zeitlin | Feb 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
The few items I carry in my wallet allow me to buy my next meal, show ID at work, or call AAA. That’s all I really need. photo credit: Tamara Bellis/Unsplash Seriously, what do you have in there? I’m asking as a man who carries a super-thin wallet.It’s an old joke...
by Robert Zeitlin | Feb 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
The first in a series of profiles of everyday superheroes“I can’t wait to show you the next evolution. It’s going to be a game changer. It’s going to change the way women think about mentorship. I can’t wait to introduce it.”The excitement that Stacy Cassio radiates...
by Robert Zeitlin | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
I was a “hands-on” dad. I “pitched in.” But now that my kids are grown, I look back with regret that I left my wife holding the bag 99% of the time. photo credit: Mubariz Mehdizadeh/Unsplash It was right in front of me. Did I have blinders on? Was I tone-deaf? I was...
by Robert Zeitlin | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I invited my 18 year old daughter to see the film Wonder Woman, she thought my invitation was a transparent effort to show her an example of a powerful woman.It wasn’t.I was already sitting next to a powerful woman. …after watching Dad in the dunk tank I...
by Robert Zeitlin | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
photo credit: Aaron Mello/Unsplash Remember when life was simple and easy? Were you only inches away from becoming as calm as Buddha? and then… kids? If bearing and raising children set you back from your quest to achieve Nirvana, I feel you. You can’t deny it: you...
by Robert Zeitlin | Jan 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Parenting in Reverse I remember driving home fast, reaching back to tickle toes to keep my daughter awake in her car seat, until I could put her down for her nap. I don’t know how this happened so fast but now she’s all grown up and drives herself. Last...
