On the Invisible Summer Gender Bill (and What to Do When You’re the One Paying It)

Summer gets sold to us as the slow season. Out-of-office replies go up, calendars clear out, and for one hot minute, everything is supposed to breathe a little easier.For a lot of working mothers, it doesn't play out that way. A camp closes early. A colleague is out....

How to Make Small Career Investments that Compound After the Summer 

Every summer, many of us as working women and moms look forward to a slower pace of life: more family time, vacations, a well-deserved break,  and maybe even catching up on postponed projects and finding more time to invest in our careers… And right as the...

Praise or Pay: How to Turn Appreciation and Invisible Labor into Pay as a Working Mom

Every year on Mother's Day, organizations show their appreciation for working mothers with symbols of gratitude—thank-you cards, flowers, appreciation emails. While these are heartwarming and certainly welcome, they rarely translate into actual benefits at work....

Why Hard Work Is Not Enough: What Women Should Know About Meritocratic Systems (and How to Beat Them)

As a working woman, the idea of meritocracy may have been introduced earlier on in life to you. From popular advice to widely accepted success principles, merit-based guidance may have followed you all throughout your education and career.  “Work hard. Be...

Are You Being Financially Discounted at Work? How to Recognize It, and Correct It

Have you ever walked out of a compensation conversation feeling like something didn’t quite add up?Not because you underperformed.Not because you lacked results.But because the offer felt… cautious. Conservative. Tempered.As if someone quietly adjusted the forecast on...

Work It: Asymmetrical Zip Skirt

I was at Target the other day, and absolutely fell in love with their selection of skirts. Especially this Mossimo knit asymmetrical zip skirt which has great style and great price, at $24.99! Loving the original cut of this skirt that is as flattering as it is...

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3 Meeting Hacks for Introverts At Work

Being an introvert in today's workplace is not the easiest thing, far from it. Especially during meetings when introverts definitely have a hard time being heard... As one who enjoys quieter energy and smaller groups myself, today's workplace, where apparent success...

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There’s an app for that: Eternity Time Log

Wondering where the day has gone! In between work, life, and all the other obligations that fill our lives, the one thing that continuously seems to elude us is time! And of course, there's an app for that... It's called Eternity, and it is structured to point out...

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Work It: Down Coat

A friend of mine just came back from Toronto, where her accounts of the bitter cold reminded me the temperatures are about to dip for us in the Northeast too. Hence today's pick, this Calvin Klein stylish chevron packable down coat. I like that this coat is...

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How to Stop Giving Away Your Power At Work

Have you ever found yourself helplessly complaining about your manager's unfair micro-management at work? Or the latest corporate policy? Or even your overly competitive co-workers? For years in my career, I've complained over and over again, if only to myself, about...

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Coffee Break: Is it OK to Shop Online at Work?

As Black Friday and Cyber Monday are fast approaching, I was writing earlier about the significant dip in work productivity around the holidays. And frankly, much of this drop in productivity can be safely attributed to nothing less than...ahem, shopping online! With...

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Work It: Long Sleeve Turtleneck

I've always found turtlenecks to be a great, but slightly tricky basic for winter. I'm on the rounder side of the petite spectrum, and finding a nicely fitting turtleneck that doesn't add 10 pounds to my frame or doesn't hug me in all the wrong places is often a...

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My 10 Favorite Veteran’s Day Sales!

Happy Veterans Day! I know some of you are working today (we get the day off in Rhode Island, yay!), but nevertheless to add to the celebratory tone of the day, here are my 10 favorite sales: Ann Taylor  is offering 40% off suits and perfect shirt (plus an extra 25%...

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Should You Pay Your Career Dues?

Happy Veterans Day, and a big thank you to all who served for our freedom and safety! As we're celebrating today those who paid theirs and our dues by serving, when it comes to our careers, should we still pay our dues? Should we still make heavy sacrifices, at times...

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