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...

Fashion Friday: Perfect Form Ankle Pants

Happy Friday !TGIF! It's Fashion Friday, and today we are loving these perfect form ankle pants from White House Black Market. Loving the bright color of these pants, and the ankle-length keep them versatile enough to rock both at work an on the week-end. I would pair...

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Lunch Break: Lightweight Wool Grey Suit

Hello Again... For our lunch break today, we are going the "suit" route, with this lightweight wool grey suit from Banana Republic. You'll notice that we haven't featured many suits in our blog, and we've decided to change things up a bit. I myself am not too much of...

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Lunch Break: Floral Pencil Skirt

Hello Again... It's skirt season again, and for our lunch break, we found this floral pencil skirt from New York & Co which screams "Spring", and we're loving it! The longer length and pencil silhouette make this piece a classic, while the floral lends it a more...

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Lunch Break: Nydellan Flats

For our lunch break today, we are still welcoming Spring with these uber-fashionable, professional and elegant-looking Nydellan flats from Aldo. Spring has sprung, and with it the comeback of our favorite fashion go-to, the flat. Love love the edgy-chic vibe of these...

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Is the Mommy Track Worth It?

Happy Tuesday! A former colleague of mine once told that she deliberately picked the "mommy track" in her career after having children. After over 20 years at the same company, she was still holding the same position in the same department, with no more prospects of...

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Lunch Break: Lace Fit and Flare Dress

Hello again...It's Monday, and  to beat the Monday blues, time to spring forward with a punch of color and fashion! The Limited is having this great online sale today, only until 3pm EST, and we've hand-picked this red rose lace fit and flare dress for our lunch break...

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