Core competency moms

I just read Laura Vanderkam’s post on  ‘core competency moms’ on the Huffington Post.
It’s an interesting perspective on how working moms compensate for not having enough time to do it all by prioritizing and focusing on the things that really matter, not necessarily the things that keep the house looking pristine. These moms thrive by knowing what they’re [...]

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Stick it to the should be’s!

I’ve written about feeling guilty for being a working mom - both about what I can’t do at work and about not always being around for my husband and my kids. This week, though, I found a couple of things that as a working mom, I get to not feel guilty about. So, let’s stick [...]

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Getting over the guilt

I’ve been working part time since the monkeys were born. When I first went back to work it was two days a week and over the last two years it’s slowly inched up to four days a week. That actually seems like the right amount for me to be able to feel somewhat successful in my career [...]

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