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...

How to Deal With A Nice Boss

Happy Monday! How to deal with a nice boss? Duh...be thankful and pray s/he never changes! I've had all kinds of bosses, good ones, not so good ones, nice ones, short ones, tall ones...And like most people, what I seem to remember is the not-so-good-experiences with...

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The 411: Weekly News Update

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is having a great week-end, refueling and relaxing before the start of the week (again!)...As for me, I'm sipping on my morning' Joe, sifting throughout the news that made me smile, sigh and outright burst into laughter (or other things)...

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Week-End Pick: Palazzo Soft Pants

I love an easy, flawy, no-fuss pair of pants for the week-end, other than my favorite jeans or cargo pants. Hence this week-end's pick, these crepe Palazzo soft pants. Love the easy, flawy look of these soft pants, which can easily be paired with a simple tee and...

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Work It: Cap Sleeve Fit and Flare Dress

For our Work It feature today, I'm back to my (healthy) obsession with the fit-and-flare silhouette (check out our other selections here, and here, oh and here too). Loving this cap sleeve fit-and-flare dress from The Limited. Many fit-and-flare dresses are...

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Coffee Break: Wunderlist 3 App

I wrote this morning about why we should all have a "stop doing" list. Well, we should still keep our to-do lists though, and speaking of to-do lists, one of my most favorite to-do apps is Wunderlist. Basically, Wunderlist is a desktop and mobile to-do list manager,...

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Work It: Seamed Detail Skirt

I am so excited about today's Work It fashion pick! This Worthington seamed detail skirt from JC Penney is not only sharp and original, what with its creative seaming detail combining a bright yellow hue with a cooler black side panel. Love love the look of this...

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Why You Should Have a “Stop Doing” List

Happy Thursday! I'm a to-do list girl. I like to start the day with my to-do's ordered like ducks in a row, with pretty asterisks and color codes next to them. Don't judge me! Yet, as effective (and compulsively entertaining as my endless lists may be), they're not...

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Coffee Break: Pavlok Wristband

It's Wednesday, and you know you've been avoiding the gym for the past few days. Well, you may just need your very own Pavlok wristband...And if you think it may have a jolting recording of your mother's voice, well, think worse...it provides a jolt alright, but this...

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Work It: Boyfriend Stripe Oxford Shirt

Love love this fitted boyfriend stripe Oxford shirt from the Gap. Simply put, it's the version of your most comfortable and stylish boyfriend's (or hubby's) shirt, made just for you. The smooth Oxford print is preppy enough, while the patch pocket on the chest just...

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