We are told that as women and mothers, we are worthy because we make sacrifices for our kids and family. We grow up on this message – good girls give, …
Balance is a misunderstood creature: here’s what it really is (Ep #38)
Very few, if any, women ever say they have a work-life balance. Not a good one, anyway. If you think of the idea of balance as if you’re on a …
Ep 34: SHE is gone and in her place is a more Complete woman
Soooooo, what is going onnnnn? If you’ve followed me or the podcast for a while, you will have heard me mention or speak about pivoting many times – that I’ve …
How to have a successful life even if you feel like a failure
Before I became a mother – back when I was just me – I felt I had an incredibly successful life. Certainly by all standard measures of success, it was. …
Unravelling the work-life balance knot: making time when you have none
If life as a working mother had a trinity, it would be: balance, time and guilt. We want one, need the next, and the last gets in the way of both. …
Three mistakes I made doing the work-life juggle
I know the work-life juggle can be tough – it’s a busy load to carry, no doubt, when you’re a working woman with a family, household and job. It is …
Where does the time go? (AKA drifting through life)
I bet you’ve asked that question before. It’s that thought that time is flying by and you don’t seem to have achieved what you wanted to. I worry sometimes that the days seem …
The secret to doing less
You know that feeling of HAVING to do everything around the place? It’s that thought that if you don’t do it, it won’t get done. The feeling that you are responsible for every aspect …
This is your life: working mums tell it like it is
Working mums are a conflicted bunch. On one hand, we’re overwhelmed and stressed from the daily juggle but we’re also fulfilled and find the stress worth it. Last year I asked …
Why we need to stop asking if we can have it all
I’m a little tired of the ‘having it all’ conversation. Because the ‘can we or can we not have it all?’ question misses the whole point entirely. It’s the wrong …
Practicing gratitude when times are tough
It’s easy to practice gratitude when things are going well, but what about when you’re struggling? This was my great lesson of 2015, a year in which a challenge came …
Why the time is right for women to be in business
Just two years ago, I wouldn’t have imagined working for myself. I was completely focused on how to resume my career on some kind of scale that would allow me …