WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power and Change the Game

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This short guide for women claiming their power is so inspiring. Abby Wambach, the highest scoring professional soccer players ever, gives practical, down to earth tips while sharing her own experiences. This would be a great gift for any woman starting out on a new adventure. And if you are in search of new books to read, try our services, What Do I Read Next. Our library staff are standing by to create a personalized recommendation list for you!

Overall enjoyed this book. I'd had it on the shelf since March. Felt compelled to #JustDoIt today. Glad I did. Felt a little like a sabbatical from books that usually take days. I especially like Wambach's assertion that just like environmentalists were worried about introducing wolves into Yellowstone - only to find the whole ecosystem flourished with them, our world is afraid of the power of women and it's exactly what our world needs to flourish. After a devastating forest fire, a ranger discovers a litter of wolf cubs. He and his wife soon learn that they are no ordinary wolves. They are both animal and human. Although the young ones try to fit into the human world, their true nature makes the challenges of being teenagers all the more difficult. Unfortunately, many women are never able to do that. They believe they must do everything perfectly, an old expectation imposed by the patriarchy. This means that when women experience failure and realize they aren’t perfect, they lose their nerve. They start to believe they were imposters all along.Otterson, Joe (September 24, 2021). " 'Teen Wolf' Revival Movie Set at Paramount Plus as Creator Jeff Davis Inks MTV Entertainment Studios Overall Deal (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on September 20, 2022 . Retrieved October 1, 2022. How glad I am to be proven wrong. AW delivers more than a rah rah yay team kind of pumped up pep talk, though in fact it is that too, in the best kind of way. Inspirational, yes, but with an immediacy you don't usually get from reading the biographies of famous women. Because she is authentic; because she knows from experience the importance of team spirit; because she is raring to go; and inviting us to champion each other and seize the moment. In the Soviet animated series Adventures of Mowgli, Akela is voiced by Lev Lubetsky and Yuri Puzyryov. In the joint Russian-American production of 1996 for the English-speaking audience he is voiced by David Kaye. William A. Young (1970), "Akela", Dictionary of the Characters and Scenes in the Stories and Poems of Rudyard Kipling, Ayer Publishing, ISBN 9780833739018 Once we realize we have nothing to fear from each other’s success, we can all help each other to drink from this fountain. We can stop fighting each other for that one token chair at the table of patriarchy. Instead, we’ll work together to construct a bigger, better table, with a seat for every one of us.

Every woman is the leader of her own life. Do not give up that power. Claim it. Value it. Use it. p40Given how much of her career and happiness has come about by her and other women’s refusal to do what society tells them to do, or stay on the designated path, Wambach now believes that all women should strive to be less like Little Red Riding Hood, and more like the wolf – powerful, courageous, and hungry for more.

Prange, Stephanie (February 22, 2023). "Netflix's 'Your Place or Mine,' 'You' Again Top Weekly Whip U.S. Streaming Charts". There is a wolf inside of every woman. Her wolf is who she was made to be before the world told her who to be. Her wolf is her talent, her power, her dreams, her voice, her curiosity, her courage, her dignity, her choices - her truest identity.” In contrast, men are more comfortable with their own imperfections and don’t see any reason why they shouldn’t succeed and lead despite them. Just consider the fact that imperfect men have been given permission to rule the world throughout history – from the Roman emperors to every single U.S. president. Van Belkom knows how to blend the real-life world of adolescence with the dark possibilities afforded by fiction. Exciting." - The Standard What keeps the pay gap in existence is not just the entitlement of men. It's the gratitude of women. Our gratitude is how power uses tokenism of a few women to keep the rest of us in line. p37

What’s behind this trademark gesture? Recognition. She’s pointing at the other players in recognition that it was they who made her success possible. Sometimes it’s easier to be aggressive than vulnerable. In 2008, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team knew all about aggression. They were the world’s best team, and the secret of their success was physical dominance. Under Wambach’s co-captaincy, the team unashamedly won games by intimidating and strong-arming their opponents. Did this strategy work? Well, Wambach’s teammates said the year after they put up that photograph, they won their first gold medal at the Olympics. This story taught Wambach to harness the potential of failure. So imagine the team’s horror when their new coach, Pia Sundhage, produced a guitar during their first training session together, and gently sang a Bob Dylan song to them.

If you are a man or woman, either or this would be a great book to feel encouraged, tone-setting, an eight-point guidepost to reset for the goal post :) Prange, Stephanie (March 21, 2023). " 'Luther: The Fallen Sun,' 'The Mandalorian' Top Weekly Whip U.S. Streaming Charts". This is a book about the strength that is inside a person, but specifically, the strength (not the goodness, or patience, or brilliance) that is within girls and women, and the dominance we have when we chase down dreams together. Wambach believes that all teams, even beyond sports, can learn a lesson from this shift in how we define leadership. Specifically, we can learn that the best teamwork occurs when leaders aren’t afraid to discard old hierarchies and listen to their followers’ voices. If you’re a leader who’s humble and authentic enough to do this, you may just find that everyone in the team has a valuable contribution to make.Wambach’s most cherished role models are women who have chosen their own way in life, too. Indeed, Wambach’s incredible sporting career couldn’t have happened without the trailblazing female soccer players that came before her, who refused to accept the status quo and the idea that soccer was a man’s sport. These were the women who went into battle to bring about Title IX, the federal law dictating that no one, whether male or female, should experience educational discrimination, including on the sports field. It was these women who created leagues for professional women’s soccer and fought for a living wage for professional female soccer players.