Katy Osborn, Author at Women Belong

So You Want to Ask a “Personal Question”

by Katy Osborn | Nov 1, 2020

“May I ask, What happened to your eyebrows?” Is this question intrusive or compassionate? Is it isolating or inclusive? The only way to know is to understand the impact, not the intention. And yes, it does require more effort to do a mental assessment of the...

Celebrating Differences: When good intentions have bad effects

by Katy Osborn | Nov 11, 2019

When I first launched into our documentary film, Head to Head, about women with hair loss, I thought our goal for the film should be helping women feel empowered to share their true, 100% authentic self with others. I would hear bald women talk about the day they...

Be More Productive by Revealing the Elephant in the Room

by Katy Osborn | Mar 28, 2019

Keeping secrets is an inescapable part of being human. The average person is keeping 13 secrets right now. Five of them are secrets they’ve never told anyone. Exposing something could make us vulnerable to judgment and scrutiny. However, the cost of hiding a secret is...

When one “no” feels heavier than one hundred “yes’s”

by Katy Osborn | Jun 11, 2018

I had an entirely different post written and planned for my spotlight. But something happened this week that I feel compelled to share on this platform in particular. For the last three years, I’ve been producing the documentary, Head to Head, about the human...