Where did you get your first idea of what a balanced life was supposed to look like? Was it at home, in your community, at school, or from television? Wherever you developed the picture from, has it been easy to attain or maintain it? If your response is no, then you're not alone. Many women in life and business strive to create balanced lives while pursuing their goals and … [Read more...]
How Educating Yourself about Mental Health Can Save Your Life
I remember when I first started my own business. Although it felt extremely lonely and overwhelming, I was absolutely excited about being an entrepreneur at such a young age and in the field that I had always felt drawn to. I started out extremely small, meaning that I was the only employee with a very small office; and within a very short time, my business had grown into a … [Read more...]
No judgement!
Stop the snap judgements, try supporting each other. Walk a mile in my flip-flops first...everyone has their own story. I work from home, I am also a mom and a wife....99.9% of my meetings are on the phone or Skype....the other .1% are local clients/businesses. Most of those local places I have been in before, they know me, they have seen what I look like on a normal … [Read more...]
The Guilt Ridden Working Mom
How to Survive those Moments of Guilt - We will all be okay! Whether you work outside the home, or in the home, you have those moments where you feel like you are doing something wrong, or neglecting them. That moment when they cry for someone else, or don't want to be with you, or the ever present "one second honey, mommy's working," "let me just finish this email," and … [Read more...]
Help My Balls Are On Fire!
We all have the proverbial "balls in the air". As business executives, entrepreneurs, business owners and people we are busy! There are usually multiple things going on during a day. With deadlines to meet, clients to call, proposals to finish, sales to close, team meetings, conference calls, emails, texts, voice mails, traffic, kids, dinner, sports, facebook, friends ... … [Read more...]
A Female CEO Who Knows How to Balance
Arlene Dickinson is one of the stars of Canada’s Dragon’s Den television show and has been gaining a lot of notoriety because of the way she handles herself both on air and off. She is proving to the world and most especially, to women, that you can balance work and life in a manner that still allows you to be a massive success. She is the CEO of Venture Communications, … [Read more...]
Women Leaders and Male Partnership
In any learning process, there is a tendency to go to extremes before finding middle ground. Take driving, for example. Most teens start by driving very, very slowly, learning when to accelerate and when to put the brakes on. Then there is a time when we all want to experiment with speed, until either fender hits fender, or a ticket is handed by an unsmiling policeman. Most … [Read more...]
Stop and Smell the Chile
No roses, not this weekend—I didn’t need any stinkin’ roses—I needed comfort food and family. A dozen fresh cut “Golden Celebration” roses couldn’t lure me away from the smell of roasting Hatch Green Chile outside a Whole Foods in Albuquerque. I stood mesmerized as the tumbler full of bright green peppers danced their way to perfection. It was the ideal smell to transport me … [Read more...]