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The Working Mommy's Manual

By Nicole Corning
I confess I am a workaholic who fiercely loves my family, friends and two rescue dogs. I stuggle to find the balance between all of this and though it's really hard it's also REALLY hilarious! I am brutally honest about this adventure we call being a working mom. Through my honesty I hope to empower and inspire women to believe that they can do this.
For me, being a working mom is existing in a constant state of managed chaos.  Two small son, plus two rescue dogs, plus demanding career, plus - you know - life in general equals a daily nail-biting existence.  And, yes, I am insane because I wo ... Read more...
There's nothing like experiencing your birthday and the death of a friend in the same week to make you reexamine, well, you know, everything.  And it's not just any birthday or any friend.  Thirty-nine is like the numeric equivalent of sort of pregnant.&nb ... Read more...
Let me preface this entire post by saying it's pretty much the most uncomfortable thing I've probably ever written.  And this coming from someone that wrote a book with an entire chapter about my sex life with my husband; so there's tha ... Read more...
Maybe it's because I was raised by hippies.  Learning protest songs before nursery rhymes must have had some deep and lasting impression on my psyche. But no matter how much I rebelled against my parents (and believe me they still question i ... Read more...
I hate lifting weights. Between my weak arms, the intimidating steroid pit at my gym, and you know the part where I actually have to lift the weights it just sends me over the edge. Luckily, my gym has a barbels class that I attend religiously (like lapsed-Catholi ... Read more...
A bear got poked last Monday and it was pretty much the last straw. And folks should be on high alert because this bear is no garden variety grizzly - this bear eats grizzlies for breakfast. I'm talking about Mama Bears. We got poked and now we are angry. Okay ... Read more...
We’ve had houseguests for three weeks,  I just worked about a sixty hour week  - culminating in a one hour appointment that lasted four hours Friday afternoon (ugh) which means I finally got home around 7:30 ... Read more...
Spring in Arizona is a slice of Eden. The weather is perfect, the Sonoran desert is in full bloom, and there's not a cloud in the sky. So what person with half a mind and relatives in Arizona wouldn't come for their own lovely spring break? We are lucky enough th ... Read more...
As a professional, when I got pregnant I realized for the first time that this playing field we call life isn't equal after all. It was a nasty lesson to learn - especially when all I wanted to do was be psyched about being a new mom. Instead I found myself having ... Read more...
Let's be clear that I am writing this post at 9:30 on a Sunday morning and I am totally blowing off church. Yes I am a sinner. A sinner raised by an atheist mother and a father who believes life after death is one long dirt nap. Interestingly enough it was my n ... Read more...
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