Everyone has heard the saying about the grass is greener on the other side. Or is it? Don’t allow anyone's relationship to make you question yours. No two people or relationships are the same, so don’t try to mimic anyone else’s because you really don’t know all there is to know about their relationship. While you are thinking about someone else’s relationship, consider these … [Read more...]
Keeping Balance Between Work and Life; Does Your Family Come First?
Work is something we all do. There is no getting around it. Your work may be in the home, in a high rise corporate office, in your local church, or perhaps right now you are a full-time student. At any rate each of these can be called "work." Here we will term work as something that occupies time and causes you labor. Whatever your work, a well defined balanced relationship, … [Read more...]
How Do You Do What You Love and Care for the People That You Love?
For some women career and parenthood coincide. They are two aspects of life intertwined sometimes out of sheer desire and sometimes out of necessity or both. While it often appears as though most parents have somehow found a way to balance the various roles in their life, sit down and have a heart to heart with her and most mothers will tell you that they aren’t balancing … [Read more...]
Marriage Ain’t No Punk
Marriage should be a lifestyle, not a casual relationship that can be terminated on a whim. Therefore it should not be entered into lightly or taken for granted. Once entered in, handle the marriage with care and remember why the decision was made to marry. This should be a careful decision because marriage ain’t no punk. Marriage is a covenant between you, God, and your … [Read more...]
Hair Today Gone Tomorrow: How Your Hairstyle Can Impact Your Employment
Do you think you hairstyle is preventing you from landing your dream job, or at the very least a job? This was a shared concern amongst a group of women who participated in a Georgia State University panel discussion titled “Black Women, Their Hair & The Work Place – A Dialogue.” During the discussion panel members discussed the belief hair texture of black women could … [Read more...]
You said, “I do!” Now do it! – How to Keep a Marriage Strong in Phase 3
Phase 1 Do you remember when you were dating and you would talk on the phone for hours? You went through that cute "No, YOU hang up...No,YOU hang up...No, YOU hang up" phase. You couldn't keep your eyes nor your hands off of each other and your address was cloud 9? Phase 2 Then, there was the phase two where you started learning more about each other. You revealed your … [Read more...]
Do You Treat Your Marriage Like A Real Job?
Some of us wouldn't be caught dead talking to our boss the way we talk to our spouse. We wouldn't continue to watch TV or fiddle around on Facebook while our boss was talking to us. We wouldn't roll our eyes and sigh if they asked us to do something. We get comfortable in marriage. Sometimes too comfortable. We forget that it's a partnership. That pulling our weight … [Read more...]
Parenting Skills That Easily Transfer Into The Workplace
I love what I do. On one hand I am able to assist couples in transforming their relationships and on the other I am able to assist adults in transforming their careers. With the careers aspect, the part I enjoy the most is working with stay-at-home parents who seriously believe there is nothing significant enough to build up a resume. The look on their faces as they begin to … [Read more...]
Does A Longer Commute Wreak Havoc On Your Marriage?
At different points in our marriage, my husband and I have held a variety of work arrangements. At one point he was working full-time, I was working part-time. A couple months later we were both working full-time. Life was hectic for a while until I got laid off, and became a career working from home. Looking back at everything, I definitely feel like our relationship was … [Read more...]