Stay Connected:
facebook
twitter
rss
facebook
twitter
rss The Working Mommy's Manual
workmom blogs
Browse the topics @home and @work. Engage with leading bloggers who offer advice on family and career as well as share stories about our rich workmom experience. Share your comments.browse by
Recent Posts
The Working Mommy's Manual
Twitter: WorkingMommys
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.
Last night my seven-year-old son played the first game of his competitive soccer career. Have you ever watched a John Hughes movie where the white suburban kid is about to learn a major life lesson at great personal embarrassment and expense? So that ‘s pretty mu ... Read more...
Dear readers, how many of you have ever had the pleasure of having a conversation with a colleague or acquaintance that goes something like this: “My son has been invited to be on the competitive soccer team. He’s such a gifted player.” Usually they tell you this ... Read more...
I admit sometimes I get caught up in all the petty "challenges" in life. I start thinking that any slight offense visited on me from anyone (Arizona drivers, the idiot in customer service, my crappy daily horoscope) is proof yet again of how tough life can be. Not ... Read more...
Having just come back from my celebrating my twentieth high school reunion, I can tell you there is nothing more fantastic than the raw honesty created when dealing with people who suffered with you through what is probably one of the most awkward times in all of ou ... Read more...
It's that time of year again. The seven day stretch of time that I attempt to shut off my cell phone, stop checking email, and let my backup handle my clients' immediate needs. Theoretically I should be looking forward to this time with blisssful anticipation. In ... Read more...
When 37 year old Marissa Mayer was named the new CEO of Yahoo, women everywhere rejoiced. - I know I did. Girl power! And when she made it public not too long after that she was also (gasp) expecting, the party died down and everyone seemed to have an opinion. B ... Read more...
Generally speaking I’m not the girl you want at your company-wide mandatory meeting. Chances are I will be late, I will be checking my emails the entire time, I will make fun of the speaker with my neighbor, and I probably will have to leave early. I blame it on und ... Read more...
Throughout my career and from time to time, management asks me to go through the exercise of filling out a professional version of the Cosmo quiz to figure out who I am and how to fix me – errr, help me reach my potential. In my twenties I found these “professional ... Read more...
Birthdays are annual milestones by which we measure our life’s progress. We dread them, we embrace them, we celebrate them, and sometimes we try to bribe the office admin to not send out a reminder email to the entire office that it is our birthday that week.
My ... Read more...
Perhaps it's the combination of having spent the last twelve years of my life working in the heavily male dominated industry of banking and finance. Perhaps it is the fact that I've spent most of those years working in one of the most image and body conscious citie ... Read more...
