Part Two Below Click here for part one 12. Sleep baby, sleep. Holidays = not enough time to do everything = lack of sleep. And as we have always heard, you can’t underestimate the need for sleep during the holidays. Lack of sleep equals stress, weight gain, anxiety, restlessness, sensitivity, and reduced ability to cope [...]
And away we go! They are here again! The holidays have arrived and the daily demands of time, money and resources begin. These little thoughts, nudges and whispers are to support you – they are not for your kids, your spouse or your family. They are simply for you, and you alone. These aren’t tips [...]
Please go to this link to review Part One and Two of this story – The Mommy Executive – Part One The Mommy Executive – Part Two Part Three My list of helps continues: 5. As the kids grew, I ALWAYS had a ‘busy basket’ available for those crisis times when you need 20 minutes [...]
Please go to this link to review Part One of this story – The Mommy Executive – Part One Part Two Here are a few proven strategies and suggestions that helped keep me sane. As Mom’s with grown children have experienced, as they grow, so will how you manage all of this. I got help. [...]
Part One You know those dreaded working-at-home moments? The afternoon your most important client calls and really needs your attention, and in a you-couldn’t-plan-this if-you-had-to moment, your daughter has to use the bathroom and it is an emergency (!) AND your son starts screaming at the dog because she is sitting on his toy, all [...]
Part Four Below — Click Here To Read Part One — Click Here To Read Part Two — Click Here To Read Part Three Part Four There is the ‘fatal attraction’ boss who is passive aggressive and doesn’t tell you directly what he/she wants, and isn’t clear on communication. Instead, he/she will demean you with [...]
Part Three Below — Click Here To Read Part One — Click Here To Read Part Two My buddy the CEO gets on the call with a huge ‘tude’. Her questions regarding a project are thrown over the phone – ‘I have no idea what you guys are doing’ – ‘I don’t understand anything you [...]
Part Two – Below / Click here for Part One This behavior is so ‘in your face’ that it can be obvious to decide it’s time to leave. But there are other types of work encounters that can be just as difficult, and I would argue, have the potential to be more dangerous because they [...]
Part One of Four – Maybe it is that very word ‘boss’ – the boss of the department, the boss of the organization, the boss of the team – but it connotes authority and if one isn’t careful to keep appropriate limits, it can result in becoming the boss of you. When this boss that [...]
Part Two Below – Click Here To Read Part One It’s such a tough balancing act. I wonder about the struggles of our ancestors, the women who worried about feeding and clothing their children, or guarding against free flowing disease and illness that captured so many so quickly. It all goes back to what is [...]
