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...

New Year, New Career? Why Women’s Careers Don’t Reset in January (and What to Do About It)

New year, new career? Or is it? The start of the year is supposed to feel like a career reset. New goals. New momentum. New clarity about where you’re headed professionally. And the hope that last year is behind you and this one will be better, or at least...

When the Holidays Meet Performance Reviews: How to Handle the Weight of the Season

It’s year-end again, and here we are steeped in year-end deadlines, holiday shopping, festivities planning, and…year-end performance review time at work. If you’ve ever wondered why year-end feels like an exhausting test on the home and work front, you are far from...

The Thanksgiving Tax: On the Real Cost of Women’s Holiday Labor

Every Thanksgiving and the ensuing holiday season, many, if not most, women step into an all-too familiar rhythm. It’s the rhythm of tireless planning, strategic coordinating, devoted caretaking, and organizing, smoothing, prepping, cooking, hosting, remembering, and...
7 Ways to Open Doors for Other Women at Work

7 Ways to Open Doors for Other Women at Work

If you have ever wondered what you can do in your career to pave the way for other women, aside from being there as a working woman yourself, you are not alone. As working women, many, if not most of us, are keenly aware of the challenges we face in the workplace,...

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Let it be Friday! Weekly News Roundup

Let it be Friday! Weekly News Roundup

Welcome to our news roundup Let it be Friday! This is our first News Roundup of 2021! This is where we gather all the news and tips that impact us as working women and working moms, share a few laughs, and encourage each other in the process. Here we go... This week,...

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10 Ways Working Women Self-Sabotage

10 Ways Working Women Self-Sabotage

Have you ever found yourself self-sabotaging, whether consciously or unconsciously? Whether it’s by procrastinating, delaying the inevitable, or betraying ourselves by accepting what we don’t want, we, as working women, can unfortunately contribute to self-sabotage....

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Dear Working Mom, 2020 tried it but you made it…

Dear Working Mom, 2020 tried it but you made it…

Welcome to our periodic letter to working moms everywhere, saluting their courage, resilience and beauty… Dear Working Mom, 2020 certainly tried it, what with remote learning, job losses mostly impacting women, women-owned small businesses in peril, and a global...

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