Believing women. Calling out the joke. Confronting other men. Using your platform. Raising your sons differently. These aren’t extraordinary acts — they’re the baseline for what it means to be one of the good men. Not all men are perpetrators of sexual violence. But far too many are complicit in the systems that allow it to continue. This piece is for the men who are uncomfortable, angry, and ready to do something about it. Welcome to the party. Let’s get to work.

One in three women will experience sexual violence in her lifetime. 97% of reported sexual violence is perpetrated by men. So when men say “not all men” — what they really mean is “not me.” This is a request to be personally exempted from a statistical reality that women live with every single day. But if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. It’s time to talk about men’s role in gendered sexual violence — and what it actually takes to earn the title of good man.

Equal rights for others does not mean less rights for you. It’s not pie — except when it is. When we’re talking about money, power, and authority, we have a real distribution problem. The richest 1% own more than 50% of the world’s wealth. The poorest 50% own less than 3%. If we are going to create more equal systems, some of the people who currently have way more than their share are going to have to lose some of it. They already know that. It’s time we did too.

Heteronormativity is so pervasive we often don't see it unless it affects us directly. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen breaks down what it is, where it came from, and why — as with so many social constructs — understanding it is the first step to doing something about it.

Gender norms aren't biological and they aren't inevitable — but they are deeply internalized. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen explores how gender inequality became embedded in our households and workplaces, and asks the question most of us skip: in what ways am I participating in reinforcing it?

Women are half of everything — so at what point do we stop treating gender equality as a diversity issue? Belinda Clemmensen argues that the "women as diversity" framing is not just limiting, it's inaccurate. The real opportunity is bigger: redesigning workplace systems that haven't kept pace with the workforce they're supposed to serve.

Skinny culture is back — and it's worth asking why. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen looks at body size as a social hierarchy, not a personal choice, and invites us to examine who benefits from thinness culture, what it costs us, and what it might mean to start questioning it.

We've all been told not to take it personally. But what if our feelings are actually the most important data we have? In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen challenges the idea that emotional distance is always healthy — and makes the case for letting yourself feel it, understanding what it's telling you, and deciding what to do from there.

What you permit, you promote. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen examines what happens when people with power stay silent — and why the real measure of leadership isn't whether you made the joke, but what you do when you're in the room.

When we put a sign in our window that we don't believe in — just to stay safe, just to go along — we're not neutral. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen draws on Václav Havel's powerful idea to name what many of us are seeing: a failure of leadership that prioritizes power and status over values and accountability. And an invitation to speak the truth of what we know.

The clenched stomach. The tight chest. The buzzing brain. So many of us are living in anticipatory anxiety right now — stressed about things that haven't happened yet. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen shares what she's been practicing: asking what response is actually required of her in this moment, and learning — slowly — that she doesn't need to live on red alert to be responsible.

Lose the weight. Get more organized. Be more productive. Sound familiar? In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen challenges the version of goal setting we've been handed — and offers a different starting point. Not what you should accomplish, but what you actually want. Because alignment often comes from subtraction, not addition.

Grand vision for 2026: less stress, more ease, a calmer nervous system. Day one back at work: over-scheduled, worked through lunch, terrible sleep. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen shares an unscripted message about what it actually looks like to stop trying to get it right — and why the face-plants might be the most important information we have.

What if you didn't have to do all of it? In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen looks at the pressure to make the holidays a certain way — and invites us to question which traditions still bring genuine joy, and which ones we're carrying out of habit or obligation. It's okay for traditions to change.

Someone has to make the holiday magic happen — and more often than not, that someone is a woman. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen offers a practical reset: how to make invisible holiday labour visible, divide it more equally, and let go of the control that keeps it all landing in the same place year after year.

You've got a clear opinion, an informed perspective, a truth you can see plainly — and then you soften it. Reshape it. Make it more acceptable. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen names what that pattern is costing her, and why she's working on saying the thing, unfiltered, even when it's uncomfortable.

If nobody talks about what anyone else is making, how would we ever see a pay gap? We wouldn't. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen challenges the taboo around talking about money — and makes the case that breaking that silence is one of the most practical things we can do to create fairer, more equitable systems.

The list never ends. And if you wait to feel done before you rest, you'll never get there. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen shares why she's practicing a new kind of boundary — leaving loose ends unfinished — and what it's teaching her about letting go, even when it's uncomfortable.

If your September doesn't look like the Facebook version, you're not doing it wrong. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen invites families — especially those who do things differently — to let go of the story of what back to school is "supposed" to look like, and live into what it actually is.

I love summer — the light, the long days, the nostalgia of freedom from childhood. But here’s the reality: adults don’t get summer off. Work, caregiving, and the mental load never pause, and by September I’m not refreshed — I’m depleted. That’s why the Women’s Leadership Retreat exists: to give us the reset summer never delivers.

Summer gets sold to us as one long holiday. For moms, it's mostly just a different kind of busy — with better scenery and higher expectations. In this Unsubscribe episode, Caitlin Cooke on why she's stopped chasing the perfect summer, and what she's looking for instead.

You didn't sign up for it — but somehow you became the one who keeps everything going. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen explores how to step back from the roles we inherit without realizing it, and three questions that help you figure out what's actually yours to carry.

Getting stuff done matters. But action without reflection is just keeping busy. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen — someone wired for discipline and follow-through — makes the case for why the most effective leaders she knows all have a reflective practice, and what it's doing for them.

In a world that keeps throwing curveballs, many of us are bracing — for the next crisis, the next headline, the next hit. In this week's Unsubscribe, Belinda reflects on that quiet tension and offers a gentle invitation to soften instead. Not to collapse or disengage, but to stay human — with truth, laughter, and rest.

Retreating from DEI isn't a neutral decision — it has measurable costs. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen breaks down Catalyst's "Risks of Retreat" report and what it means for organizations navigating pushback on equity and inclusion work right now.

We don't live in a world of opposing teams. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen challenges the "gender war" narrative and makes the case that gender equality issues are everyone's issues — and that the progress we need will only come through interdependence, not polarization.

Creativity doesn't come on demand — but we keep expecting it to. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen challenges the idea that constant pressure leads to better ideas, and invites us to create the conditions where creativity actually thrives.

What if busy isn't something to be proud of? In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen shares what happened when she hit a health wall and started experimenting with something radical: leaving space. Not quitting everything — just asking how busy she actually needs to be, and what she might find in the gaps.

Someone always seems to know better — the influencer, the guru, the latest proven system. In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen challenges the habit of deferring to external authority, and makes the case for bringing your own lived experience and values back into the picture. You are the expert on you.

An all-female spaceflight sounds like progress. But is it? In this Unsubscribe episode, Belinda Clemmensen asks the harder questions about the Blue Origin flight — who benefits, what work was actually done, and whether representation without substance is progress at all, or just privilege with better optics.