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Unhealed trauma may be killing your career. Why mental healing should be part of your career strategy
A woman suffering from severe trauma from being psychologically abused in her childhood once told me about not being able to speak up at work to save her life. Another woman who’s had a difficult relationship with her mother revealed to me she could not trust any...
Work or mental health? The impossible choice facing working women and moms
If you spend the majority of your time at work, it’s safe to say your career definitely has an impact on your life. Even if you’re working reduced hours or part-time, the quality of the hours spent working is bound to have an indelible effect on you. This is...
Let It Be Friday: News Roundup
Welcome to our news roundup where we gather the news that impacted us the most around working women and working moms... In historical news this week, Black Enterprise reports Vice-President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made history as the first...
5 Negative Misconceptions About Working Moms You May Have Faced
There are many false myths surrounding working mothers, most of which carry their fair share of negativity and judgment. These are oftentimes erroneous ideas about what it means to be a striving, growing and thriving working mom. Unfortunately, these are also ideas...
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10 On-the-Go Activities to Develop Yourself in Your Spare Time As a Busy Working Mom
The older I got, the more I realized how precious of a commodity time is, especially as a busy working mom. One of the things that often gets overlooked is our self-development, sacrificed at the altar of all the other obligations of my life. The more I also realized...
Dear Working Mom, ‘Tis The Season to Preserve Your Sanity…
Dear Working Mom is our periodic love letter to working moms everywhere, where we encourage and support working moms through the issues and challenges they face. Dear Working Mom, You know the feeling…That tightness in your chest as the holidays approach and you...
How to talk to kids about politics
“Mommy, who won the elections?” This question, coming from the mouth of young children, can be jarring for many, if not most parents, especially in a tense and heated election season like the one we’re currently in. How do you talk about politics with kids? Should you...
Fighting perfectionism: 3 strategies to relinquish the need for control as a working mom
As working moms, there is so much depending on us at the family, personal and professional level. It can also mean carrying oodles of responsibilities that sometimes end up hurting us more than help us. For those of us who may have perfectionist tendencies, this can...