A dream for many working moms is leaving behind the 9-5 and launching a life and business they dream of for their family.

One of the first obstacles that get’s in our way of moving forward with our dream is “I have no idea of what type of business to launch.”

I am going to admit it right here publicly, without guilt: one of the major benefits of working is getting a break from your darling children.  Oh yes, we working moms have CRAZY amounts of guilt about leaving our kids each day for our jobs, and constantly re-assess if it is worth it, whether that is for a few hours each week or full-time-plus and whether it is working from our home office or traveling to the other side of the world.  But I truly believe it is ok to ENJOY escaping to…I mean going to…work. 

Sparked by Yahoo’s recent decision to ban telecommuting, and following my on-air appearance on the Today Show, I have received hundreds of emails from people around the world regarding this very topic.  The #1 question I have been asked is… Do I worry about being overlooked by colleagues and management?

As of yesterday, I have been out of work for 6 months. After the birth of my twin sons, children numbers 4 and 5 for me, I had to quit my career at the end of September 2012. I was a Human Resources and Payroll Administrator for a local car dealership for many years. I was giving my job 110% everyday in the hopes of being promoted to management in the not so distant future. I was getting closer to that goal and things were finally starting to move in the right direction.

Now that I have a five-year-old and an eight-year-old in elementary school, it is more challenging for me to get work done when they are home compared to when they were babies. The biggest difference: they require constant engagement. They talk nonstop, ask questions nonstop... and oddly enough expect a similar level of conversation in return.

The number one, biggest reason I hear from moms as the reason for not fitting in a workout is, “I don’t have time.”  I hear this from moms who are full time corporate employees, part time consultants and those who stay home with little ones not yet in school.  All of these women insert their day job into the round-the-clock job of being mom.  So between the morning madness of lunch prep, sock finding, driving to school and the evening madness of homework, dinner prep, bath time and bedtime, who can find time to fit in a 30 minute, let alone 60 minute, workout?  Doing so

By now, you have probably engaged in social media, water cooler or mom’s group talk about Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, and her infamous “no working from home” edict to her employees.  I have watched this debate and media coverage from the sidelines over the last couple of weeks and now want to share my two cents on how I lead.

The media is pitching Sheryl Sandberg’s vs. Annie-Marie Slaughter.  One women describing in detail how “you can have it all” and another lamenting “women still can’t have it all”.

37-Year old CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, is married to venture capitalist Zack Bogue whom she married in 2009.   With only a few months in at the helm Yahoo CEO ordered and delivered a memo to all work from home employees to get their tush into an office.

You can read the memo here.