The 2025 Guest Book List Each year on WOMENdontDOthat , we invite our guests to share not only their stories, but also the books that have shaped how they think, lead, question, and grow. The 2025 guest book list brings together fiction and nonfiction, memoir and manifesto, with titles that explore power, identity, leadership, grief, confidence, systems change, and meaning. These are not must-reads because they are trendy, but because they mattered to the women who shared them. 2025 Guest...

I did not grow up in a house that did New Year’s resolutions. No big declarations. No January reinvention. It just was not part of our family tradition and for a long time, it was not something I felt drawn to. And if I am being honest, as someone who lived much of my life with undiagnosed ADHD, I used to think basic things like eating, sleeping and going to the bathroom were a waste of time (yes, really). So the idea of adding big goals and resolutions on top of real life felt unrealistic....

As a lobbyist and advocate, I help others find their voice and use it effectively in meetings with government, in policy conversations, and in moments that require both strategy and courage. But during my recent WOMENdontDOthat  podcast conversation with Selena Rezvani, I was reminded that confidence is more than a personal asset. It’s a professional necessity. In advocacy, confidence turns a message into a movement. Selena often talks about confidence as a tool for advocating for yourself at...