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How can you achieve ideal work/life balance in a 24/7 world?
"There's no such thing as work life balance," declared Sheryl Sandburg recently, best-selling author of "Lean In." "There's work, there's life, and there's no balance."
What do you think?
What are your thoughts about Yahoo ... Views: 1089
Have you ever wondered if leave in conditioner is for you? Leave in conditioner can help the appearance of your hair whether it’s extremely dry and may be useful if you have an oily hair type too.
If you have long hair like I do, you might have the issue of having both oily and dry hair. ... Views: 2553
The sad truth is this: America is fat. Right now 37.4% of adults and 16.7 of children% currently struggles with obesity, and that number is only increasing. To reverse the trend, nationally and individually, we have to think about how we eat and how we exercise. As we know, the equation for ... Views: 879
I like to choose 1 word to be my focus and anchor each year. This year I wanted to learn how to find peace in my everyday life. The word I chose is "dauntless". I used to struggle a lot with of fear of rejection, perfectionism and self-doubt. I knew in 2013, it needed to end. You see, I turn ... Views: 1191
Resentment. It’s such an ugly word. You don’t usually think of it when considering how to find happiness! But it’s critical to the process! Let me show you how…
What causes resentment? Feeling taken advantage of! As moms, this could be considered a daily occurrence if we’re not in the ... Views: 1161
Who wants to live your life on purpose? C’mon, raise your hands! Don’t be shy! None of us want to reflect back and the end of our lives and feel like we meandered and had little effect on anyone or anything. But in order to have an effect, you must be intentional.
Now, I know you’re ... Views: 1074
Ever wonder how to enjoy life? This month we continued our focus on living out our life’s purpose. Discovering your purpose can seem rather daunting, but once you’ve got a direction, it can be even more difficult to stay focused and not allow obstacles to get in your way!
Let’s face it. ... Views: 1979
“How do you find your purpose?” This is one of the most frequently asked questions! All of us what to know that we matter. We want to have an effect on this world. We want to know that everything we’ve gone through in this life was for something and that some type of legacy will be left. The ... Views: 1120
Being a woman in today's society is full of challenges that our grandmother's never had to think about. So many women today are jugglers by profession. We juggle school with part time work, we juggle our career goals with caring for a family, we juggle the pressures of external expectations with ... Views: 1316
For all of you mothers out there, remember, a mother is the most beautiful woman in the world...
True beauty is love and confidence. Loving who you are and being confident enough to never change that. Why mask your individuality or alter your destined reality when your true beauty is your ... Views: 1666
Our world is stressful. Anyone disagree with that? So want to know how to relieve stress? It’s easy to find yourself tied up in knots over just about anything if you’re not careful. It takes a conscious decision to shield yourself from the chaos that surrounds us each and every day. I’d ... Views: 1223
It’s an important question. Life happens. We respond. And suddenly years have passed. This is where we get ourselves into trouble and realize, “This isn’t what I wanted! How did my life turn out like this? I don’t enjoy life right now!” The problem lies in not having asked that little ... Views: 1217
Are you looking for a natural skin care product that delivers real results? Well, there are some things you need to know before buying “hope in a jar”.
During the years I spent as an esthetician running an organic day spa in a wellness center, I learned that most of the chemical-based, high ... Views: 1823
I want to leave a legacy. How ‘bout you? I want to know I left a mark on this world and not just any old mark, but one that really made a positive difference in as many lives as possible. Sound impossible? No way! Every action you take has the potential to be a ripple effect.
What do I ... Views: 1638
Most busy working mother feel angry at times. Anger is an emotion that tells us that something is wrong. It may even help us to get out of dangerous situations, but sometimes the threats are just perceived and anger is not an appropriate emotion.
Anger itself is not the main problem though. ... Views: 1162
Recently, I shared a simple 3 step process for waking up to what you enjoy. This helps point you in the right direction for understanding what’s truly important to you and why. Now, I want to share a practical step for choosing a direction and remaining focused on it.
Getting clear on ... Views: 1546
I went to a get together a friend of mine put on this week and heard a really sad comment by one of the ladies there regarding self-care. We were talking about friendships. She said that she’s so busy with all her responsibilities at work and with her kids that she notices that she purposely ... Views: 1415
It’s such a simple question. Your initial reaction may have been an offended “NO!” But too often, we get caught up in the daily busyness of life that we don’t look that far ahead. This is why those milestone birthdays – 30, 40, 50, 60 – can be a struggle. “Where did the time go? How did I ... Views: 1543
When it comes to chronic disease effecting both women and men, three main processes should be noted:
1. The prevalence of chronic disease is on the rise in both women and men.
2.The prevalence of certain chronic disease is outstandingly more dominant in women.
3. Diseases that just a ... Views: 1112
Women’s International Day is a great opportunity to explore common women’s health issues and how they reflect social and cultural processes or in other words: what is gender related health ?
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) determined that disease is affected by sex ... Views: 1323
As women, we’ve been conditioned to take care of everybody else. We feel it’s expected of us and there’s a lot of guilt involved in this. It almost seems sacrilegious to think “What about me?” Then there’s even more guilt! Guilt seems to be the underlying emotion relating to all of this. ... Views: 1535
I’ve been asked repeatedly “What are the nuggets that you most frequently share with the ladies you work with?” So I decided to share 4 life lessons I’ve learned in over 15 years of working with women and nearly that long being a mom. If you’ve ever wondered, “Who am I?” or “Why am I here?” ... Views: 1594
It is a good idea to have a hot tub installed in your backyard in order to provide you with the comfort of soaking yourself in warm water when you have time to refresh yourself. Though there are plastic hot tubs in the market it is the wooden hot tubs most people buy. In case you are a newlywed ... Views: 1075
Dealing with difficult people can be extremely draining on your mental energy!
And let’s face it, none of us busy working mums can afford to lose any of our energy, be it mental or physical!
So here are some tips on how to deal with a difficult person whether they are your mother in law, ... Views: 1025
Ask any mother who's been there, and almost every woman will agree trying muster up energy every day to take care of new children and young kids is a mountain of a challenge. Add onto that task maintaining a job as well, and it's no surprise mothers are completely stressed out and high ... Views: 2120
Self-care is a critical part of living a fulfilled and happy life as a working mom! Unfortunately, however, most working moms often put everyone and everything else before their own needs and allow themselves to fall last on the list of priorities. In order for career-minded mama’s to ... Views: 1497
Does this sound familiar?
In addition to showing up at work, doing a fantastic job, keeping hearth and home moving along with enthusiasm and brilliance (and looking great all the while,) you maintain a second career as social secretary to your children.
This is the reality of many working moms ... Views: 1283
What do working mothers worry about the most? It’s the kids of course. Whatever the setting, the question I get asked the most is “Will the kids be alright?” It’s made me realize that we tend to look at the glass half-empty rather than half-filled when it comes to blending work and family. We ... Views: 1610
The Science Daily recently reported the results of a 50-year long research project conducted by the University of California, Irvine under the headline “The Kids Are All Right: Few Negative Associations With Mom’s Return to Work After Having Children”. Once again the headline is framed in a ... Views: 1259
Researchers at Columbia University in the U.S. have confirmed what rational mothers and fathers already knew: it’s the relationship we develop with our kids and the happiness of the family unit that counts the most.The research included 1,000 children ranging from birth to age 7, and considered ... Views: 2388
Working mom's guilt is the biggest downside to working away from the home. As a working mom, you get lots of benefits, from feeling a sense of contribution, to retaining your identity, to supporting your family.
But a feeling of guilt is inevitable, especially if your kids are very young. ... Views: 1243
Managing a home business as a work at home mom can be a challenging, yet very rewarding endeavor! Many women who have young child elect to leave the workplace in order to focus on their children, and ensuring that the operations in their home are running smoothly and effectively. In times of ... Views: 1261
“Working Mothers Doing It All & Living a Healthy Lifestyle”
Tonya M. Jones, M.Ed.
Founder of Freedom Consulting
Mothers are the heart of the home and working mothers are doing it all. Doing it all consist of preparing meals, planning date nights and play dates, checking ... Views: 2107
Mothers face many challenges in today’s world. They carry the responsibility of many roles. Through these roles we become different things to different people. Sometimes we get divided over having a career and having a families or find conflict between the different jobs that we try to do. ... Views: 1463