The case for imperfect parenting: Why striving to be the perfect mom is killing you
Have you ever felt the pressure to be the perfect working mom or parent in general? Do you scroll through social media picture-perfect accounts of overachieving parents spending their weekends on the soccer field or traveling to ballet competitions, wondering if your...
Mind over Matter: It’s Not What You Do, It’s How You Think
Have you ever noticed how even with the best of intentions and incredible amounts of willpower, you may still not be reaching your goals? Have you over-exerted yourself over and over again, only to end up so far from your objectives that you lost all motivation? Do...
5 Ways to Beat Overwhelm as a Working Woman
I often talk about being moderated, driven, and pursuing your goals as a working woman. However, there also times when being overly driven and motivated can create significant overwhelm in your life. I know I've found myself in overwhelming situations more often than...
7 Tips to Finish the Year Strong
For many of us, especially as working women, finishing the year strong is an important priority. It can also be a quite the burden, as the end of the year is a stressful time. Not only is it sometimes instrumental to our success at work and in life, but the pressure...
How to blog to boost your career
In the past few years, blogging has certainly become extremely popular. There are millions of blogs worldwide around a multitude of topics. Blogging has almost become a cheap commodity. However, there are still some great benefits of blogging. One of these is blogging...
Seven Tips to Monetize Any Hobby
If you have a hobby you enjoy doing in your spare time, you may wonder how to actually turn it into cash. If so, then you are among a large part of the population that is striving to create additional streams of income doing exactly what they love. I was always...
Make More Money: Seven Easy Ways to Diversify Your Income
You may have heard this saying before: " The average millionaire has seven streams of income". This means that most high-worth people do not rely on one single source of income to survive, and even better, thrive. As a matter of fact, most individuals who are...
How to stop being a people-pleaser
I’ll admit it. I’m a recovering people pleaser. There, I said it…For the longest time, I had the strongest aversion to the word “No”. It was as if I were compulsively moved to utter the one word that would grant me others’ approval: “Yes!” Although in many cases, I...
How to integrate your faith with your work
Faith and religion are some of the few topics that are considered taboo at work, along with politics. In general, we simply avoid talking about faith at work. In most, if not many instances, we also don’t see how faith can integrated with our work, or how it could...
How to establish your authority as a woman at work
Projecting authority as a working woman, especially as a woman of color, can be a challenge in the workplace. Due to the many stereotypes associated with being a woman at work, it can be difficult to get the respect and consideration you deserve as a working woman....
