Recently, a close friend of mine told me, “girl, I don’t know how you do it?” I told her that some days I don’t know how I do it either. The truth is, there are so many moms out there who are just like me—focused on raising happy, well-rounded kids while juggling multiple responsibilities and trying to make your dreams a reality. Doing it all really is no joke. Maybe you … [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...]
Dealing with “Working Mom Guilt”
by Gwen Jimmere For two years, I worked my dream job at a wonderful company where my work/life balance was pretty nonexistent. This made me...let's just say "concerned" since I just had a baby. Knowing that there was no way I was going to give my newborn son such a miniscule amount of my time, I decided it was time to part ways. So in mid-February, I started looking to … [Read more...]
Depression Hits Working Moms
A new study out shows that 91 percent of working mothers have felt the symptoms of depression. Embedded video from <a href="https://www.cnn.com/video" mce_href="https://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a> … [Read more...]