Thanks for visiting! If you’re new here, you may want to sign up for my RSS feed or automatic email updates - it’s free!Before having children, my life was pretty predictable and I followed a pre-determined plan that was created under the heavy influence of my parents, of course - finish college, get a high-paying [...]

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It sickens me to fill up my SUV these days. As the pump rapidly moves from $0 to nearly $100, I want to puke. While I watch the numbers on the pump roll forward, I recall the days (20 years ago…oh my gosh how time flies!) when I could fill up my car for about [...]

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Thanks for stopping by The Integrated Mother site!
As a first-time visitor, you may be wondering what The Integrated Mother is all about. In a nutshell, we’re about helping working moms bridge the gap between motherhood and career.
We know that working motherhood can be a challenging journey, and we also know it’s a tremendously fulfilling experience. [...]

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The question is simple, “What do you do?” Yet motherhood makes the answer complex. Before children, you probably responded to this question with your career profession, “I’m a HR Manager.” Once children enter the picture, your heart wants to lead with, “I’m a mother,” but your head advises you to lead with something perceived as [...]

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“Mommy? How come you have to go to work?”

As we prepare to leave the house for yet another work day, my preschool daughter asks me a question that’s been ruminating in my head since I first became a mother. The automatic response is something like, “I work because I have to earn [...]

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Many working mothers accept the idea that career success comes at a cost, and that cost is the deterioration of her private life. In order to thrive in the corporate setting, she is forced to make choices that sacrifice her personal needs and that of her family. Yet, this is not always an accurate reflection [...]

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