I was fired at the pinnacle of my career, on my 39th birthday. And in the year that followed, I learned that there are many psychological phases of being ‘let go.’
I have mugs of hot water every morning because the studio is cold, and also because it makes my throat sound clearer.
My salary situation at ‘Morning Joe’ wasn’t right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I’d made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking.
If we can’t quantify and communicate our value with confidence, the achievements of the tremendous women before us will have all been for nothing.
My parents found me very difficult to educate.
Finding a job is hard enough, but have you ever considered the odds and the challenges of finding a good man?
On ‘Morning Joe’ I can say what I think, be my sometimes unorthodox self, have fun, yet be serious as well.
Why don’t these companies making big profits just pay people better than $14 an hour? It’s kind of simple. When you’re making record profits, why not? I don’t get it.
Despite my professional experience, the fifteen-hour workdays, and a successful new show that I had helped build, MSNBC was still refusing to pay me what I was worth.
Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.
Don’t make your journey through life harder by placing rules on yourself like, ‘I can’t get married till I get promoted to your dream job.’
The needs of babies and toddlers were constant and drained the life out my sense of self and my familys relationship with each other.