The Celebrating Moms and Their Choices Series Growing up in a startup family business was probably the best education I’ve ever received. My parents, both school teachers, had 3 children in 5 years. My mom wanted desperately to be a stay at home mom, but in the ’80’s there was pressure on women to […]
It sounds fabulous at first glance. Save commuting time, minimize childcare costs, and maximize time with your children. How can you work from home when you have small children while remaining productive? We share our most important tips of crunching out work more effectively than in an office, and avoiding traps to sap your productivity. […]
The Celebrating Moms and Their Choices Series Thank you for the Celebrating Moms and Their Choices Series. Every story can be helpful for a working mom. This is my story from Tech to Teaching – Corporate Girl to Mompreneur. As a kid, I was either at school or at the dance studio. My time […]
The Celebrating Moms and Their Choices Series I remember sitting at the computer when it first occurred to me that I might be pregnant. It was late morning, and my stomach felt different than usual. To this day, I believe it was in this exact moment that my daughter was already inspiring me to make […]
The Celebrating Moms and Their Choices Series As with most first time parents, becoming a mother was an intense transition. Nothing prepared me for the late nights, lack of sleep and emotional ups and downs in those first few months. Having been a Registered Nurse for sick infants and children for over 15 years, […]
The Celebrating Moms and Their Choices Series What a great series! I am so happy to be a part of this Celebrating Moms and Their Choices discussion. It’s fascinating to me both personally as well as in my professional work as a career coach. I try to remember that the opportunity to choose itself is […]
The Celebrating Moms and Their Choices Series I love this Celebrating Moms and Their Choices Series that the Gooseling Moms are doing on their blog. I see so many of us Moms struggle with our choices – what is right for us, for our family, for the child. What we have to do financially, what we want […]
The Celebrating Moms and Their Choices Series Sitting on my bed, mind numbingly exhausted from around the clock breastfeeding and completely enchanted by my new baby, I put together the marketing budgets for my nonprofit membership organization. Six weeks after giving birth to my older son by C-section my journey as a working Mom began. It […]
Introducing the Celebrating Moms and Their Choices Series We are proud to kick off this weekly series of articles, Celebrating Moms and Their Choices. Each Thursday, we’ll feature a different Mom telling her story. We celebrate every Mom’s choices, whether to be full time mom, work in a traditional office, seek a flexible arrangement, start an […]
Every January we all make New Years resolutions with the best of intentions. By February, those resolutions are usually long forgotten and the bad habits firmly back in place. Rather than set yourself up for failure with grandiose ideals, perhaps it’s best to stick to the basics and give yourself small opportunities to shine. Nowhere […]