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Intention Deficit
As a mother you’re probably familiar with the term Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD. This is an issue that affects an estimated 11% of children and 8% of adults in the U.S. Some of the symptoms are difficulty paying attention, losing focus easily and trouble...
Achieving Balance
What comes up for you when you think about balance? For most working women, work-life balance is top of mind. It’s the idea that one area of life (usually work) is throwing the other areas of life (usually family) out of balance. In the last few decades more...
Making Decisions
Why is that you can make certain decisions all day, every day yet agonize over making other decisions? Some decisions are a no-brainer like deciding to not roll through stop signs on your way to work but then some decisions seem tortuous like whether to eat what you...
Parenting With a Managed Mind
One of the most challenging and rewarding roles you can have in life is being a parent. I have yet to meet a parent who wasn’t surprised at what parenthood required of them. With each new stage in your child’s life it seems like you have to learn a whole new...
Your Estate Planning 30-Day Challenge (2019 Edition)
As a giveback to our entire community, many of who are professional working moms, we are hosting a 30-Day Challenge for anyone who wants to complete your Estate Plan, which includes life insurance. I have been involved in two probate situations during my lifetime,...
Stopping the Cycle of Compare and Despair
According to Wikipedia the definition of the term compare and despair is “to distress oneself by comparing one’s own situation with others who are more successful” however I believe it’s more far reaching than that. When you compare and despair you can be judging...
When Stress is Causing You to Overeat or Overdrink
In 2013 the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association (CABA) reported survey results showing that around 30% of accountant participants admitted to a drinking problem. The key is the word “admitted”; if 30% admitted to having an issue, imagine how many were...
Believing New Things
Before I explain why believing new things is important, I would like you to consider something for just a minute: Everything that we have created in the history of human existence started with a thought Nothing has been shipped from another planet All the...
The One Thing
As a working mother you are probably juggling more balls up in the air than most circus clowns. If you’ve ever done a Google Search on how to multi task you probably discovered over 6 million hits offering to help you figure out how to get everything on your to-do...
The Problem With Feeling Justified
When you hear the term “justified” what comes to mind? For a lot of people it’s something dramatic like in the example of the distraught father at the trial of the Olympic Women’s Gymnastic doctor who molested countless girls, who lunged at the doctor in court after...