Shift Change: Balancing Work and Home for Whole-Life Success
January 25, 2012 by Contributor
Filed under Briefs, Success Tips
Realizing whole-life success is possible. The secret lies in keeping work and home life separate, allowing you to be career-driven while enjoying quality family, couple and “me” time.
How Families Affect Women Entrepreneurs
August 2, 2011 by Contributor
Filed under Briefs
Family and entrepreneurship don’t mix well. For women entrepreneurs, to mix them is not impossible, but it’s definitely not easy.
Message for Mother’s Day: Parenting Matters
May 7, 2011 by Contributor
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The approach of Mother’s Day brings to mind the great parenting debate du jour and the horrified public reaction to the tenets of the Tiger Mom —a style of mothering that pushes and presses children to achieve and won’t settle for second best. It also brings to mind an alternative approach to parenting and a coworker who exemplifies more of a “Lioness Mom” model.
A Work at Home Mom’s Struggle with Email Debt
March 8, 2011 by Contributor
Filed under Briefs, Working from Home
Read how a work at home mom is coping with managing her emails, and struggling to deal with email backlog.
How Starting a Business Can Affect Marriage and the Family
November 16, 2010 by Isabel Isidro
Filed under Briefs
Starting a business, in some instances, can be bad for families and relationships. When a family member (say a husband) starts a business, the whole family can be affected — and not always for the better. Here are some risks starting a business can bring to families and marriages:
Balancing Work and Family: 25 Tips for Home Business Moms
May 26, 2010 by Isabel Isidro
Filed under Briefs, Working from Home
As work at home moms, our biggest challenge is finding the right balance between work and our families. Juggling the demands of our home-based businesses and raising our kids is tough, and many are finding it hard to juggle these two competing priorities. Learn 25 strategies on how to juggle our businesses and raising kids at the same time.
Lisa Price: Success in the Natural Beauty Business
March 19, 2010 by Lyve Alexis Pleshette
Filed under Success Stories
Lisa Price has always been fascinated with fragrance. As a child, she has always been attracted to scents and smells in their house – the food being cooked in the kitchen, the roses in her grandmother’s garden, the smell of her mom’s face cream, even her dad’s shaving cologne. This fascination inspired her to create her own line of hair and body care products. Today, Carol’s Daughter is a multimillion-dollar natural skincare beauty business.
Work-Life Balance: Tips From Successful Small Business Women Entrepreneurs
February 8, 2010 by Isabel Isidro
Filed under Briefs, Success Tips
When you start a business, the pressure of making the business work may compel you to work 24/7. You are hungry for new business and you feel the strong urge to prove that your business idea works. More importantly, you need to get the business start earning some money – and fast. As a result, [...]
Bianca Whitfield: A Single Parent’s Success Story
January 23, 2010 by Isabel Isidro
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Bianca Whitfield just got divorced and became a single parent. Looking forward to a new life with her daughter, she decided to start an accounting and financial consulting business. Learn how she overcome the obstacles she faced when starting her business, and how she grew her the business out of her bedroom.
Balancing Work and Life: 8 Tips to Help Women Entrepreneurs Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle
December 30, 2009 by Contributor
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As women entrepreneurs, our need to succeed and be perceived as competent, efficient and effective often interferes with our duty to take care of our bodies, minds and families. Learn 8 commitments we need to do to help balance our work and family lives and help us achieve a positive lifestyle today.