For those of you who don't mind a little salty language - in the service of telling it like it happened - here's video of a true personal story I told last fall, live at The Moth StorySLAM. Don't let the title fool you. This is a love story. I was thrilled, and a...
Women’s Issues
In Search of Family History – Cara’s Story at 80 Minutes Around the World
I've been moved by the audiences who've taken an interest in the stories of my search for the family history of my Mexican-Chinese Grandma. In 2021, I had a few opportunities to share the story of my journey to China to heal an old family divide. In case you haven't...
Cara Gets a Reporting Job – Storytelling at Two Truths and a Lie (Video)
A story can mean different things at different times. In 2019, I first told this one, Cara Lopez Lee Gets A Reporting Job (a.k.a. The Boss of Last Resort) for Daniel David Shapiro's podcast, Two Truths and a Lie. It's the story of the most racist, sexist, intolerant...
Cara Gets a Reporting Job – Storytelling at Two Truths and a Lie (Podcast)
I suspect we all have a story about some crazy boss who we feared might destroy our lives. I recently shared such a story on Daniel David Shapiro's podcast, Two Truths and a Lie. There is so much unbelievable drama in real life, but also so much surprising truth in...
My Killer Eggs – Live at The Moth StorySlam in L.A.
I told this true personal story at The Moth StorySlam in Los Angeles on June 6, 2017. The theme was "Mystery." I came in third place, for which I won: nothing...except pride in getting better at this art form every day. I love oral storytelling. What an exciting way...
Happy Valentine’s Day!
In case you missed it, my short personal story of love and marriage, called Smelly Make This Bed, makes an appearance today at The Manifest-Station, a beautiful online journal "On Being Human." This Valentine's Day, let it remind us that whatever challenges we face in...
Smelly Make This Bed
In this month's edition of Long Story Short, I take a personal look at a sacred yet strange space, the marriage bed: "...when you spend years sleeping with one person everything that happens in bed is too much information." Please check out Smelly Make This Bed (if...
Cara’s Blog Book Tour 2014 – Day 2
Welcome to Day 2 of my 2014 blog book tour! Please join me through October 15 as I celebrate Conundrum Press releasing the new edition of my memoir, They Only Eat Their Husbands: Love, Travel, and the Power of Running Away. Today I visit two blogs: For travel lovers,...
The Woman Bully Boss – by Guest Blogger Sandra Ford Walston
“Forty percent of bullies are women, and when women are bullies, they choose women as targets 71% of the time. Sadly, when the bully finds his or her target, the target pays with his or her job.” – Dr Gary Namie Dr. Gary Namie started The Workplace Bullying Institute...