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Food On Our Table

By Jennifer McClanahan-Flint

I am the founder of Food On Our Table and work as a family & career strategist. I support high-achieving working moms in using their expertise to create flexible careers that allow them to focus on, and enjoy, their families. I also believe that sharing meals as a family is the cornerstone to the physical and emotional well-being of school-age children, and that working moms can nourish themselves, their families and their souls without giving up their success. My blog will focus on sharing resources and practical information that helps women achieve in the their careers without feeling like they have to sacrifice their families.

  Hint number one:  It has nothing to do with self-sacrifice. Ever since I became a mom, my instinct has been to put my child first. Slowly, that instinct became my default setting. If I didn’t put my child first, I wasn’t be ... Read more...
I was annoyed reading this op-ed piece in the NY Times, How the I.R.S. Hurts Working Moms.  Ms. Faulhaber is making the argument that the expense and taxation of ... Read more...
I was having lunch with a female attorney who is a partner in a large law firm. We were discussing the strategies she uses to build her practice.  She said the key to her success was her ability to be singularly focused on her goals.   ... Read more...
Business owners are so busy pushing ahead we rarely take time to sit back and reflect on our accomplishments.  We definitely don't do this as mothers but each year I think we should take a moment and reflect on what we have accomplished and how we have grown ov ... Read more...
I give a presentation entitled, The Three Rules to Break to Breakthrough to Your Success.  When I begin speaking, I can tell that most of the women in the audience have no idea they even have rules, let alone how to break them.  < ... Read more...
I am going to be completely transparent here.     When I first heard about Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In, and her ... Read more...
Last week the New York Times reported that Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, ended the company‘s work-at-home policy.  That ... Read more...
  While I am not overly active in politics, I was fasicinated by last year's presidential election.  I watched both national conventions. It was fascinating, but hardly coincidental, that the wives of the presidential candidates had such an importan ... Read more...
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