Thanks to Susan C. Freeman of Freeman Means Business for this guest post. We’ve all been to those parties where everyone breaks into small groups where they talk about politics, the weather, or even where the host’s wife got her nails done. It’s moments like these where you bolt to the restroom or look for a […]
Finding Balance
Examining Financial Advice for Women: Do We Need Our Own Rule Book?
Is financial advice for women, specifically, something we need? Even though I have a whole support network centered around my life as a working woman: a physical therapist specializing in working moms with postpartum pain; a chiropractor for the same thing; my own mom, who picks up my kids when I have to work late, […]
How to Use a Virtual Assistant: Personal Shopping Case Study
I have been reading a ton about what virtual assistants do. If you work with a virtual assistant properly, it seems like they can cut out almost any minutiae from your life. It seems like the ultimate productivity hack! Perfect for a busy reporter who’d rather be writing. But, like with so many things, I […]
How to Stop Crying at Work
I know this sounds like a depressing post topic. But it’s not meant to be. I’m very pregnant at the moment, so knowing how to stop crying at work has become a necessity: not because I hate my job (I love it), and not even because of the tiny person sleeping on my bladder (though […]
Why You Should Never “Fake It Til You Make It”
I gave the advice “Fake it til you make it,” before. I did it happily, borderline smugly even. Usually, I follow it up with a classic career story of mine, which I will now tell to you (Lucky you; Please imagine me smoking a pipe in a mahogany office). Many moons ago, on the first […]
10 Things My Anxious Dog Does That I Wish Were Socially Acceptable for Me to Do
While I’m always working to help June become more secure in herself, sometimes I think she’s got the right idea. Here are 10 things my anxious dog does that I wish were socially acceptable for me to do: 1. Back away slowly from a person I know well, but don’t trust. 2. Stare, unblinkingly, at […]