Perhaps you think the real women on our pages are super women. Perhaps you think their lives are unattainable.
Perhaps you think the whole thing is just a made-up, marketing mirage. But take a minute to think about what your own caption might look like, a caption that gives voice only to the good, a caption that does not allow negativity or self-censorship.
Could you even see yourself in your own caption? Post your caption below and see if you recognize the woman in the words.
If you don’t, I hope you’ll start to. She’s pretty amazing. Or post a friend’s…will she recognize herself?
I’ll finish with this caption, does it sound like someone you might know?
Occupation:
mom, graphic designer, business owner, elite runner
In her free time:
fine artist, community builder, all that and no clothes dryer!
Missy Park
Founder
Occupation:
Mother of four boys. Active, strong, healthy and self-assured!
Activities:
Walking the dog, hiking, kayaking, gardening, anything that takes me outside
Free time:
Reading and cooking
Occupation:
MA student in English Composition, Secretary, Band Manager
Activities:
Bicycling, Reading, Knitting, Backpacking
Next Challenge:
Down & Dirty Mud Run
Occupation: specialty grocery store clerk-of-all-traders, part time editor, mom to 3 young adults, wife
Free time: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, no, seriously, who has free time after bringing home the bacon, cooking it, cleaning up after and then doing laundry? Do these women have nannies, housekeepers and cooks, along with an inheritance?
Wishes for someday free time: running, biking, more camping and canoeing, traveling the USA in a camper.
Secret goal: run the T9 Mother’s Day 9K
Philosophy: Every day you get on this side of the green grass is a gift, so use it wisely. [I had cancer 3 years ago, and believe me, every day is gift.]
Thing I’ve done that no one believes: fought forest fires
Occupation:
Network Administrator, photographer, dog walker & CrossFitter
In her free time:
gardens, experiments with Paleo cooking, volunteers with dog rescue and reads voraciously!
Believes:
“There are no short cuts to any place worth going.” – – Beverly Sills
I say this after every CrossFit class I finish (which of course is all of them – but sometimes it’s more ‘survive’ vs. finish!) — it’s my attitude now days!
Occupations: event planner extroidinaire, small business owner, soccer coach
Just for fun: enjoy my friends and encouraging friends and others, running, P90X, Insanity, soccer, cooking and trying to make things grow (gardening)
Next Challenge: speak spanish and grow my company internationally!
Go USA Women!
Occupations: Birth Guru ~ Lamaze Instructor, Prenatal Yoga Instructor, Small Business Owner, Mama, Activist, Bookworm
Activities: Yoga, Toddler Herding, Competitive Elementary Kid Wrangling
Latest Challenge: Marketing my business
Occupation: Masters student, Mom to three furry kids, Foster Mom to even more furry kids!
Sports: MMA Kickboxing, Volleyball
Other Outdoor Activities: Mt. Biking, Hiking, Camping
Language: Rusty Russian, with an emphasis on rusty
Next Challenge: Learn to speak fluent Italian
Occupation:
pug wrangler, participant recruitment specialist, needlecrafter, CrossFitter
In her free time:
paleo chef, dungeon crawler, world traveler, avid reader of non-fiction
Occupations: Teacher of struggling readers, support technology at our elementary school, mom, wife, aspiring mini-farmer
Sports: Telemark Skiing, Soccer
Other favorite ways to be out doors: Camping, hiking, snow shoeing, cross country skiing.
Languages: English, Spanish, and hopefully some day others gained through world travel.
A proud moment: I turned 40!
Latest challenge: learning to play guitar and piano, inspired by my husband and daughter respectively.