Setting Boundaries – Are You a “Yes” Girl?
“Your career is like a teen-aged boy who wants to make out with you.” Yup, you heard that right – and as Katherine Wintsch, Founder of The Mom Complex, shared this analogy at this week’s California...
View ArticleIt’s my SITS Day! Whooohooo!
To all those visiting my site for the first time, thank you. I hope you enjoy poking around my blog, and perhaps you’ll come back. Subscribe, join me on twitter or connect with me on Facebook. For...
View ArticleMy Midnight Visitor
Maybe I should feel flattered … honored … loved. But really, I just feel tired! You see recently, my two-year-old daughter has taken to waking up in the middle of the night. I don’t know why. She has...
View ArticleA Career with One Company – Yikes!
As a marketer, I often read about new trends. I especially love diving into generational studies and discovering how it all applies to the products and services I support. It’s cool stuff. I get...
View ArticleWhy Working from Home Works
Today was a win-win. As I woke up to rain beating on our roof, I took comfort knowing I didn’t need to bundle up and get on the road for a 30-mile commute to the office. Instead, I enjoyed my...
View ArticleMy “Two Right Feet” Moment
Yes, I know the saying is usually “two left feet,” but today I was literally faced with two right feet, or rather two right shoes. In my quest to be super-efficient and multitask, I failed. Let me...
View ArticleA Perfect “Me” Day
Sleeping in until 8:30 a.m. (or later) Walking downstairs and discovering a salt bagel with easy and light cream cheese Cozying up on the couch with a pile of my favorite magazines and Kindle, and...
View ArticleFinding “Me” Time is Essential for the Working Mom, For Any Mom
A few months ago, I signed up for a class with Karen Walrond, a brilliant photographer and blogger who showcases her work at Chookooloonks. Every few months she leads students through courses on art...
View Article10 Ways to Spend 30 Minutes
Between the commute, the career, the kids’ homework and activities, and making sure our household doesn’t get swallowed up in dirty laundry, free time is almost extinct in my life. I’ve written before...
View ArticleAn Upside of Working Motherhood? The Kids See You’re More Than a Mom
Often times the working mom is depicted as frazzled, shown in moments when she is pulling a sobbing toddler off her leg at daycare drop-off. The child is shouting, “Don’t leave me Mama!” The mom...
View ArticlePassing on a Father’s Gift of Financial Literacy
Today I’m delighted to feature Shannon Ryan of The Heavy Purse. I discovered Shannon through Twitter and have since come to appreciate her insights on raising financially smart kids. Today she shares...
View ArticleIt’s the Most Wonderful (Overwhelming) Time of the Year for Moms
As I was putting the finishing touches on our holiday cards the other night, I ended with a sentiment about wishing everyone “time to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas.” What I need to do is...
View ArticleWho Needs Tory Burch Flats When You Can Have Fruit Chews Every Day?
This week in the office, I was chatting with a fellow work friend who does not have kids. She shared her mid-week dinner plans, which sounded fabulous, and then we started talking shoes. This girl...
View ArticleTrying to Hang with the Boys in the Office
I could care less about the “Mommy Wars.” I do, however, struggle keeping up with the men in my office who have stay-at-home wives. These men are not smarter or exponentially more awesome and...
View ArticleThe “Invisible Task List”
I know we all have “to-do lists” running through our minds. Exercise. Work projects. Home improvement ideas. Items to pick up at the store. That’s life, right?! But I often wonder if someone took a...
View ArticleA Typical Working Mom Morning
5:15 a.m. “Kerry – it’s time to get up.” I hear my “human alarm clock” – my husband – whisper those words loud enough to ensure I’ll get up, and then turn to head back downstairs. He’s already been up...
View ArticleSometimes I wonder …
Sometimes I wonder if it is worth it. The tearful goodbyes at preschool drop-off. The “mommy I want to stay home with you” pleadings. The mornings when I constantly say, “hurry up, let’s go, we’re...
View ArticleHer Juggle: Brook Easton
Obviously I write in great detail about my own experiences as a working mom, but every family’s situation is different. Call me voyeuristic, but I love taking a peek into other women’s lives to learn...
View ArticleHer Juggle: Christina Fowler
I feel like Christina and I are living parallel lives. My boys are the same ages as her children, so we can both relate to the daily grind of homework and after-school activities, and of course...
View ArticleHer Juggle: Jess H.
Meet Jess. This working mom has a full schedule, juggling life as an attorney and a mom to a young toddler. Take a glimpse into her average day and you’ll quickly see she is non-stop, even finding...
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