Do You Feel Like a Fish Out of Water at Work?
And do you sometimes feel like you're swimming against the current? There are still many male dominated industries and companies where women feel this way, and rightly so. You look to the C-Suite for a female role model and there are only men. You want to move up and...
Who Says You Don’t Know How to Negotiate Well?
We negotiate for our children all the time. We want them to have the best teacher. We work with their coaches to make sure they get some game time. We have their best interests at heart. We negotiate with our family about how and where to spend the holidays. We state...
You Are Much More Than Your Job
A few months ago, I received a call from a woman looking for help to position herself for employment. She had been out of work for 18 months having a baby and was now ready to begin the process of finding a job. So I asked her what she did. There was a long pause and...
The Best Advice My Mother Gave Me
In honor of Mothers Day, I thought it would be fun to share some of these quotes I found after doing some research on Mothers Day. I hope you enjoy them! The best advice my mother ever gave to me was: 'Strivers achieve what dreamers believe. If you put your...
Do You Need Stress in Your Life to Reach Your Full Potential?
We live in an age of great stress. We are bombarded daily with more information than we can possibly assimilate, and we are always connected to this flow of information with our iPhone, Blackberry's and computers. There is no end to the information that is at our...
Do You Work For A Corporate Bully?
We hear a lot these days about bullying, mostly with teenagers. There seems to be a news story every week with some tragic incident due to cyber bullying. As parents, this is very upsetting and of course, no one wants their children to be subject to this type of...
Do Your Feelings About Money Hold You Back From Making Money?
Our feelings about money can be a very complicated issue. Most of us want to make enough money to maintain our lifestyle and pay our bills. Some of us look at our income as validation of our success and continually strive to make more money. Many of us shy away from...
Are You A Disappearing Woman?
I got married right after college. I had never lived on my own. I had no idea who I was. I knew that I wanted a career. I wanted a family. I wanted it all. Well, the family came quickly and I had two children, but then I began to feel very unfulfilled. I loved being...
The Key to Success is Knowing Who You Are
When you look in the mirror, who is looking back at you? Im not talking about your appearance. Im talking about who you really are. Do you know? Many of us are distracted by external factors that we let define us; our job, our looks. We allow these things to become...