Ageism and the Working Woman: Does aging mean we have to give up on career fulfillment and success?
Have you ever taken a look at the list of Forbes Under 30, or Forbes Under 40, as you ponder the fact that you need your own list for your own age group? Do you sometimes (or often) wonder as you climb up the age ladder, if you will continue to climb up your own...
Mama’s tired: Cracking the Myth of the Modern SuperMom
Sitting in the waiting room at the dance class studio while my daughter was taking ballet, after arriving rushedly a few minutes late, I looked around at all the other parents around me. Most of them were moms, and most of them, were looking slightly, or...
What Goldman Sachs is teaching the world about gender diversity
Recently, Goldman Sachs shook the business world by announcing that starting July 2021, it will no longer help companies perform IPOs unless said companies include diversity on its board, with a focus on women. What this decision also means is a significant departure...
Let it be Friday!
Welcome to the Let It Be Friday!, where I say hello (and TGIF), and round up the lifestyle, career and business news that inspired, excited, made me smile (or laugh out loud). This week, we mourned on Sunday the loss of iconic basketball player and sports legend Kobe...
Soft is the new successful: How to re-focus on your soft skills at work as a working woman
As working women, many of us have been conditioned to favor hard rather than soft skills at work. For the longest time, soft skills such as negotiating, listening, public speaking, or writing skills, to cite a few, were relegated to the background, in favor of hard...
TCS Podcast Episode 20: Caring for our mental health as working women and moms
In this episode of The Corporate Sister podcast, I’m discussing why and how we, as working women and working moms, should and can care for our mental health, whether through therapy or other ways of prioritizing our minds. From treating our minds as our best assets,...
Moms read too: How to make more time to read as a working mom
I remember the feeling of being engrossed in a book for hours, enjoying every single sentence, treasuring every single word as I l crouched hidden as a child in my closet with a candle on to finish (or start) a book. If you are a book lover and bookworm like myself,...
What if something happens? 3 Basics of Estate Planning for Working Moms
As busy and at times overwhelmed working moms, thinking further than the next drop-off or pickup, the next meal, or the next school form to fill out can be far-fetched. We’re so often caught with the demands of the moment that long-term planning can fall by the...
Sis, take care of your mental health: Why you should consider therapy as a working mom
As working women and moms, the reality is we often neglect our mental health. Faced with all the responsibilities and duties imposed (and self-imposed as well) on us, we tend to put this part of self-care on the back burner a lot. This is especially relevant when we...
TCS Podcast Episode 19: Finding your purpose right where you are
In this episode of The Corporate Sister podcast, I’m discussing how we, as working women and working moms, can go about finding purpose right where we are, on the way to where we're going. From re-assessing ourselves to leveraging the opportunities around us and being...
