This time of year, there are lots of folks re-assessing their situations…their personal and professional situations, their financial status, their family dynamics. Assessing and evaluating. Maybe you are one of those asking questions like: – What do you really want to bring into your life? How would you like to be? – In what ways [...]
Category Archives: Inspiration
It’s All in How You Look At It
Dec 17th, 2009
There are various times of year when the work at home mom might feel overloaded. Holidays can be one of those times. There are extra things going on, extra responsibilities, extra motherhood stuff (like shopping), extra business tasks (year-end items), etc. Those are great times of year to focus in on who you are. I [...]
Thanks-Giving to be a Work At Home Mom
Nov 18th, 2009
As we approach this wonderful holiday that reminds us to give thanks, I’m inspired to reflect on some of the reasons I am thankful to be a work at home mom: Child #1 Child #2 Child #3 Child #4 Well, that’s sort of self-evident. Go a little deeper, and I can find lots of reasons, [...]
Play With It!
Oct 6th, 2009
There is a great deal I want to accomplish this week in my role as a work at home mom, I told a business coach. She helped me determine a starting point and then she told me to “play with it”. Play with it?! Hard work and dedication are more like it, I’m a thinkin’. [...]
A Storehouse
Sep 8th, 2008
One of the challenges for the work at home mother is carving out time for themselves. With so many things to do, and so many roles to balance, it’s easy and tempting to shortchange personal fulfillment and renewal time. Don’t do it! You can’t give what you don’t have. And to have the resources to [...]
Judging
Sep 4th, 2008
Do you ever feel judged for being or wanting to be a work at home mom? Some judge you as a sub-optimal mom because your time is not fully spent in that arena. Others may judge you as an inferior professional because you work at home, rather than the “real world.” You may even have [...]
What is More Glorious?
Sep 2nd, 2008
Some days as a work at home mother, keeping the correct emphasis on the mother part requires a lot of discipline. These words of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty help me keep my priorities focused: The most important person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need [...]
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