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I live in suburban Los Angeles with my husband, two daughters, a hamster, and a Beta fish. I have been working in higher education administration for more than 20 years and I hold an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University. My interests include women's leadership, work-life balance, and youth soccer.
I’m on my first business trip in four years. I used to travel quite a bit, yet it never ceases to amaze me how modern air travel can so easily connect people and places. I’ve been thinking about ‘connection’ a lo ... Read more...
After an exhausting day at work in which I dealt with both professional and personal issues (the latter thanks to the relentless blinking of an IM on my computer screen from an old friend), it was wonderful to come home to my kids whose only dema ... Read more...
It began about a month ago when I was in the drugstore looking for an over the counter decongestant. Having settled upon one box of cold medicine out of the hundreds on the shelves, I found myself, arm outstretched in front of me, squinting to read the ingredie ... Read more...
On New Year’s Day, we went ice skating, which has become an annual New Year’s Day event for our family. Unlike where I grew up in Canada, there isn’t an abundance of outdoor ice rinks in Southern California, so it’s a s ... Read more...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 73% of mothers in the United States work (in addition to the work of raising children, which we’d all agree is undervalued and underpaid!). Moreover, the number of working mothers in the U.S. has been ris ... Read more...
When all is said and done, it's the little things that matter the most, that we find the most valuable. As I was waiting for the elevator at my office this morning, I happened upon a Barbie ballet slipper hidden in a pocket of my purse. How it got there, I'll never kno ... Read more...
It sounds funny to say that one of the most pivotal moments in my adult life occurred after reading a magazine article, but it did. It occurred several years ago – 8 to be exact – when I read an article in Working Mother magazine titled, “Why We Wo ... Read more...
