by Daphna Horowitz | Oct 21, 2025 | Learning, Mentoring, Relationships
You may be missing out on your best thinkers You don’t have to be the loudest voice in the room to be a powerful leader. In a world built for extroverts, full of brainstorming sessions, quick reactions and instant opinions, introverts are often misunderstood,...
by Daphna Horowitz | Oct 15, 2025 | Learning, Mentoring, Relationships
The Beginning of an End On Monday this week, twenty hostages returned home alive, after 738 days in captivity. My husband and I went to one of the hospitals where the hostages were being brought for recovery to welcome them, to sing, to be part of the moment. It was...
by Daphna Horowitz | Sep 22, 2025 | Learning, Mentoring, Relationships
Happy Birthday (to me)! For me, birthdays are not “just another day.” I’m always grateful for the wishes and gifts, each a sweet reminder of connection. At the same time a birthday is where past meets future, where gratitude for what has been collides with...
by Daphna Horowitz | Aug 12, 2025 | Learning, Mentoring, Relationships
The cost of being the “go-to” person Here’s something I see in my practice: Most high achievers I meet aren’t stuck because they’re failing.They’re stuck because they’ve outgrown what they’re excellent at. The work feels safe, respected, even...
by Daphna Horowitz | Jul 22, 2025 | Learning, Mentoring, Relationships
What conversation are you not having? I’ve spoken about it before… But this time, I’ve dedicated a full podcast episode to it: Menopause. Before you scroll past thinking, this isn’t for me, pause for a moment and hear this: This conversation? It’s not just...
by Daphna Horowitz | Jun 10, 2025 | Learning, Mastery, Mentoring
Why don’t we talk about it? What I’m about to share affects millions of women—quietly, invisibly, and often without the words or space to say, “This is what I’m going through.” So if you live with, work with, love, raise or interact with women in any way… (and of...
by Daphna Horowitz | Mar 11, 2025 | Leadership, Learning, Mentoring, Purpose, Why
What does a leader look like? I decided to do a little experiment with AI. I asked it to generate an image of a CEO, a leader, and here’s what I got: ✔ A white man in a suit in an office environment. I then asked for a female leader – ✔ I got a...
by Daphna Horowitz | Feb 25, 2025 | Leadership, Learning, Mentoring, Purpose, Why
The night I thought the sun would never rise It was a particularly hard week last week in Israel, where we really got to see darkness and evil in action. It made me think about how when you’re in darkness, it really can feel like it just takes over everything...
by Daphna Horowitz | Mar 5, 2024 | Mentoring, New Normal, Purpose, Relationships
Since the last time I wrote my war diaries on Day 115, more than a month has passed and the reality of living life in a war continues. Today marks 150 days, 134 hostages. We’re closing on 5 months now. It’s a staggering reality, one I’ve come to term as...