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!Every day, I do my best to live out the principles I write about on this blog. So, when I’m not working, you’ll probably find me reading, reflecting and actively practicing everything [...]

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Sometimes, I believe that motherhood is a test of deprivation tolerance. Lately, I’ve been running at full-steam with very little time to nurture the basics I need to stay on the top of my “A” game. As a result, I’ve been left feeling exhausted, broken and totally deprived. Earlier this afternoon, as I was ruminating over [...]

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As if I don’t already have enough to keep me busy, I’m preparing to take the SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) certification exam in December. Today, I refreshed my knowledge of the FMLA, or Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which most every working mom should know about.
You may understand FMLA as a [...]

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With the girls back in school, it’s just me and ‘Lil Man until we figure out an alternative child care situation. His regular caregiver is out on medical leave longer than anticipated, so we can either wait (until November) or find someone new. At this moment, it feels better to just keep him home with [...]

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When I first graduated from college with my shiny BA English, I decided to bypass my default career decision to become an high school English teacher for a glitzy job as a technical trainer for a software company in San Diego. (If you’re wondering how I qualified - the short-story is I’m a bit of [...]

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There are a few things that have been ruminating in my mind lately. Well, there are more than a few things, but these are the ones that seem to cause me the most grief…

Managing financial uncertainty (mostly with regard to the future…I’m still a bit skittish after my husband’s recent stint on unemployment);
What’s the plan [...]

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Working mothers have a lot to live up to these days. Every day, the pressure to do, be and act “perfect” creeps upon us. The problem is that “perfect” is too often defined by our environment or other people who have little to do with the day-to-day implementation of being a “perfect” working mom. Yea…advice [...]

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About a year and half ago, I got serious about exercising and started running again. I wish I could say I was motivated by sheer personal desire, but if my dad hadn’t challenged me to complete my first 1/2 marathon, which I did earlier this year, I’d probably still be a bit of a couch [...]

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Hey Working Moms…here are some of our favorites online resources and Web sites. Be sure to visit them!

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