“I feel guilty when I’m at work because I’m not with my kids. I feel guilty when I’m with my kids because I’m thinking about work. So when, exactly, am I allowed to feel okay?” If that hit somewhere tender, you’re in very good company. The working mom guilt loop, that quiet voice that follows you from the office to…
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Time Management for Working Moms: 10 Simple Strategies That Fit a Real Schedule Working moms are some of the most efficient people on earth. And yet somehow, perpetually, we feel behind. That’s not a discipline problem. That’s a systems problem, and systems can be fixed. Time management for working moms is a completely different challenge than the productivity advice most…
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Something about having a birthday, you either love it or hate it. I don’t know about you, but celebrating my birthday takes a whole month. Thank goodness my birthday is in March and has the most days possible! I even work for a company that gives us our birthday off (and either the Friday before or the Monday after if…
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5:45 am. Before your feet have touched the floor, your mind is already running inventory. The permission slip. Something for lunch. The 9 am presentation. Your youngest has been coughing since Tuesday. And somewhere in the distance, a productivity guru is suggesting you simply “prioritize ruthlessly.” Work-life balance for working moms is one of the most searched and most misunderstood…
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The Invisible Bottleneck: 3 Proven Shifts to Stop Over-functioning and Scale You didn’t start this business to become its primary bottleneck, but when you fall into the trap of over-functioning, you create an invisible ceiling that stops you from being able to scale. Most founders don’t realize they’ve traded their CEO vision for a full-time role in the “Approval Department”…
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