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Get the "Mommy Track" Stamp With These Simple Steps

Get the “Mommy Track” Stamp With These Simple Steps

If you are a working mother, please take a few minutes to read my thorough list of things you need to do ASAP! You do NOT want to run the risk that your employer looks at you as a corporate-ladder-climber with a lot of potential – that only leads to bigger paychecks and longer titles. Instead, be View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: family, Featured Articles, Kids, live in the now, Motherhood, work life balance

Have Your Most Successful Year EVER! Skip the resolutions! Do THIS instead!

Have your MOST Successful Year – EVER!

We are headed into the final days of 2014. The heat is on for us to complete the resolutions we so determinedly put in place in December 2013 - or wait… you forgot what they were? Don’t worry - so did millions others who steadfast made plans to lose weight, change their ways, save more, eat less, be View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: blogging, family, live in the now, work life balance, writing

Tonight I Yelled. When Work and Motherhood Collide. Learn to Refocus before you are derailed.

Tonight I Yelled!

I yelled tonight! If you had seen me out in public you would have stared and thought to yourself “I am SUCH a better mom than her” - and truth be told - today ANYONE would have been a better mom than me! I came home from work in a foul mood. My children of course knew that things had not gone View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: family, Kids, Motherhood, work life balance

Caring for the Caregiver. Build it and they will come!

Caring for the Caregiver: Build (a Network) and They Will come

Hi There!  I’m Mandy, Wife to Jim, Mama to Andrew (6), Jacob (5), & Grace (2). We live in sunny Arizona are doing our best to live out this life with intention, laughter and fun.   I love this topic of Caring for the Caregiver.  I was thinking a little about what I would write about and the View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: Caregiver, friends, Motherhood, special needs, work life balance

Parenting Shortcut: Dinner!

Parenting Shortcut: Dinner!

It’s early evening and you just got home from work/ the kids’ soccer or ballet/ a play date (you fill in the blanks). Your toddler is having a meltdown because, well because toddler. The baby is hungry, because babies eat a LOT - and come to think of it, the rest of your family would probably enjoy View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: health, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Pin THIS!, Recipe, work life balance

Parenting Shortcut: Five Workout Routines for Busy Moms

It's Friday, and therefore time for our new series "Parenting Shortcut"! The term "busy mom" is redundant - regardless whether you work in an office, run a business out of your home, or your home is your business we are all "busy working moms"!  I will over the next weeks introduce you to various View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: health, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, work life balance

When Mom Gets Sick – Caring for the Caregiver!

Welcome to my new series “Caring for the Caregiver”! We spend our days giving, loving, helping, caring, supporting and encouraging others. If we focus some of our energy on ourselves - we will in turn have more to give to others. Join me today in CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER - you will be glad you View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: Breastfeeding, Caregiver, germs, health, Motherhood, work life balance

Prevent Blogger Burnout. Get your groove back - quickly!

Prevent Blogger Burnout!

Life happens! - and thank God for that, otherwise bloggers would have nothing to write about! But sometimes life’s happenings get in the way of our writing, and once you get out of the groove it can be really hard to get back on track and get your blogging groove back! Personally, I need to stick View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: blogging, work life balance, writing

Find Out Why I Like My Boss Better Than My Toddler - on Scary Mommy!

Why I Like My Boss WAY Better Than My Toddler

I recently came home from a long day at the office. I had missed my family something fierce - as I do every day. Being a working mother IS hard - regardless of how much you like your career and ADORE your job! As with anything hard in life, we have to find some positive attributes to make them seem View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Featured Articles, Funny, Guest Blogging, Motherhood, Toddlerhood, work life balance

Keep Your Nanny And Babysitter Happy!

I recently wrote an article about our interview process for hiring babysitters and nannies. It is really true what they say: “good help IS hard to find!” Once you have found a good caregiver for your children you will want to keep your nanny and babysitter happy! - cling on to them like only a View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: Baby, Guest Blogging, Kids, Motherhood, Toddlerhood, work life balance

Hire the Best Babysitters! Use this Proven 8 Step Process!

As parents we fret over every decision we make for our children, and childcare is no exception. Who do we trust to watch our children when we cannot be there?! Regardless whether we need help daily or occasionally, all day long or for a few hours, leaving our children in the care of someone other View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: Guest Blogging, work life balance

In Need of Time

Today I am writing without purpose. There is no intent, no advice to give… today my fingers are dancing across the keyboard looking for answers, strength and time… I really just need more time. Time with the kids, time with my husband, time to get things done, time to live, time to write, time to be View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: family, live in the now, Motherhood, work life balance

When Work and Life Fail to Balance

(I wrote this Friday evening - so any reference to "today" is a couple days off) Today I failed to balance work/ life. Today I let work win, and I had to break a little boy’s heart. I did the one thing I had promised myself that I wouldn’t do - I missed out on something that was important to one View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Our Life, Parenting Tagged With: family, live in the now, Motherhood, work life balance

Pen > Paper > Heart: Letter to a Working Mom

I will kick off the series "Pen > Paper > Heart" with: “Letter to a Working Mom”: Dear Working Mom, I see you here every morning, at our favorite over-priced coffee shop. We get here at the same time and you always order the same drink and breakfast sandwich. You look so well put View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: Letter, live in the now, Motherhood, work life balance

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