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The Postpartum Career: How to Automate a Habit and Never Think About It Again

“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” James Clear in Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Continuing with this week’s theme, let’s kill two birds with one stone. The first bird is sharing a practical…

Life advice from famous working moms—from Michelle Obama to Victoria Beckham to Serena Williams

“After nourishment, shelter, and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” Philip Pullman There are so many incredible women who have succeeded at both ‘insert job title’ and ‘mama’ and hearing how relatable their views are can only be good for us working moms just trying to figure it out. We…

The Career Postpartum: The Art of managing the enemy within

At my previous employers, there were no women telling me this. I had no female mentors offering advice. There was no role model of a successful woman who had had a child, taken her full maternity leave, and come back and picked up where she left off. some food for thought from a working mother…

The (wo)man who feels

adopted and adapted via The man who feels “Because I was not superhuman, I was just a human, and my attempts to be this Superman, this Telon star, someone infallible who everyone could look at as the perfect man, were eventually my downfall…” – Terry Crews There is something freeing about allowing yourself to feel. Taking…

Working From Home: Eating to keep up with your Boss and your Toddler

Silence is golden – unless you have a toddler. Then, silence is very very suspicious. If your life, like mine, involves a chatty baby, a toddler whose silence means anything from quietly watching cartoons to carefully painting every single tile in the lounge, a hectic job and little time for anything else, then we need…

Many of us are now Working From Home. Here’s how to ask for the schedule you need (Around the world in 80 clicks)

Grinding out an eight-hour work day used to be so easy. Working from home has been glorious in many ways. It allows flexibity. It allows me to spend time with my kids. Some days I don’t shower… until very late. I attend board meetings in pyjamas, baby porridge and, when I’m really in top form,…

It’s Ok Not to Be Ok Mama

All we really want is for someone to relate source Being a parent is both miraculous and rewarding. It is also exceptionally difficult in some moments. We are blessed to be part of a generation that has started sharing the good and the difficult parts of the journey with each other openly because there is…

Things You Should Know About Postpartum Exercise

There is no bigger wake-up call than the difference between how a woman pictures herself as a mom and the actual reality of the situation. Set aside all of the “I’ll definitely do X, Y, or Z as a parent” claims-especially when it comes to exercise. Postpartum fitness will likely be an entirely different ball game…

4 Mental Tricks to Conquer Fear (Around the World in 80 Clicks)

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality Seneca “Fear is the enemy of success. Large rewards only result from taking comparably large risks. If you’re ruled by fear, you’ll never take enough risks and never achieve success you deserve. If I’ve learned anything in this life, it’s that the actions that scared me…

How Your Creativity Can Survive its own Success

Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground. Theodore Roosevelt Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of the extraordinarily successful book “Eat, Pray, love.” I loved the book. They made it into a movie and, to my surprise, I didn’t…