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AI is Reshaping Women’s Careers. How to Leverage the Opportunity and Fight The Threat…

by Solange Lopes | March 26, 2025 | Career | 0 Comments

I remember having passionate conversations with my husband about artificial intelligence (AI). A progressive adopter of new technologies, he couldn’t understand my initial resistance to AI. I, as a strong believer in human creativity and intellect, and a staunch...

What No One Tells You About Parenting Teens as a Working Mom

by Solange Lopes | March 11, 2025 | Career | 0 Comments

I can’t distinctly recall when it happened exactly. Somewhere between the “tween” and teen stage, my daughter refused to wear dresses. Or at least the dresses I would buy her. While seemingly insignificant, this drew a pretty significant line in the sand of my...

How to reclaim your own brand of leadership in uncertain times

by Solange Lopes | March 5, 2025 | Career | 0 Comments

Here I was, standing in front of a full classroom of students, not quite fully ready to step into this new academic career. Everything in my past experience, from shying away from speaking up, to a predominantly behind-the-scenes corporate career, seemed to go against...

The Feminization of Wealth: How to Reshape Your Financial Power As a Working Woman

by Solange Lopes | February 12, 2025 | LIFESTYLE, Make More Money | 0 Comments

The other day, I innocently asked Dear Daughter why she did not ask me to go to the store instead of her dad. To which she quickly responded: “Mom, you’re kind of cheap…” After the initial maternal hurt and shock, coupled with the realization that my dear child...

On Integrating Motherhood and Career As a Working Mom

by Solange Lopes | January 22, 2025 | Career | 0 Comments

I was recently on a trip back home to Senegal to visit my aging parents. Sandwiched in between taking care of my parents, mothering my teens from a distance, and intermittently checking my work email, I realized how much motherhood had evolved for me. I was literally...

5 tips to transition to a hybrid work environment for working moms

by Solange Lopes | Apr 21, 2021

As we hopefully near the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the drastic changes it’s brought to the way we work, especially as working women and moms, are undeniable. From shifting the work dynamic for women and moms, resulting in countless job losses for women and the...

Reclaiming Your Time and Sanity During Meal Time As a Working Mom with Yumble Kids

by Solange Lopes | Apr 16, 2021

Disclaimed: Please note this is a sponsored post. I may be compensated if you use the links in this post to make a purchase. Thank you for reading! If you’re a working mom, and have ever gotten home after work, and stood in front of the fridge wondering what in the...

7 types of rest you need as a working woman and mom

by Solange Lopes | Apr 7, 2021

Have you ever felt absolutely exhausted, even after getting a full night’s sleep? Do you feel like you can’t quite seem to recharge your batteries, no matter how many #selfcare threads you post on social media? Has the pandemic made it even worse, especially as a...

7 tips to teach confidence to kids as a working mom

by Solange Lopes | Mar 28, 2021

How do you teach confidence when you have to learn it yourself? How do you show up confidently in your personal life, especially as a mother, when you struggle with confidence in your career? What do you do to fill up the gap between being your most confident self and...

4 tips to muster the confidence to change careers

by Solange Lopes | Mar 27, 2021

“Do I have what it takes to change careers?” “What if I fail when I actually change careers?” If you’ve ever considered a career change, or have been through one (or many), you may have asked yourself these questions numerous times. You also know that making such a...

How Mirza is Helping Break the Motherhood Penalty for Working Moms

by Solange Lopes | Mar 8, 2021

Have you ever wondered if you'd ever had to choose between motherhood and your career? If you'd ever had to roll the dice to decide of the best time to have the baby, or go for the promotion, or even change career paths to have more flexibility? Like many, if not most...

7 Ways to Diversify Your Career Opportunities

by Solange Lopes | Feb 20, 2021

Growing up, I used to hear from the women around never to put all my eggs in one basket. At the time, they were referring more to my predilection for sky high, uncomfortable heels. While I recently (finally) started investing in sensible shoes, the advice still holds...

Working moms are trapped by the false idea of work-life balance. And it’s time for it to stop…

by Solange Lopes | Feb 18, 2021

As I was preparing for a presentation on women at work , one of the recurring questions that came forth was: “Will this career allow me to be a mom and have work-life balance?” First, the term itself, work-life balance makes me cringe at every turn. In a modern...

4 ways to deal with micro-aggressions at work

by Solange Lopes | Feb 17, 2021

Have you ever had to deal with a micro-aggression at work? Maybe it was a slight from a co-worker, or a snub from management after a well-done project. In some of the worst-case scenarios, you may have had to deal with harassment or even intimidation. Microagressions...

Let it be Friday: News Roundup

by Solange Lopes | Feb 13, 2021

Let it be Friday! is our news roundup listing news related to working women and moms. If you would like to add other news and insights, please email us at corporate@thecorporatesister.com. Kamala Harris' op-ed in the Washington Post confirms the exodus of women away...