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As a psychologist and author who specializes in stress management, I regularly work with high-achieving women, helping them understand and cope with the unique stressors in their lives. By far, one of the hottest topics for today’s high-achieving women is work-life balance. Recently, however, I’ve been hearing from more and more women who are struggling with the whole work/life balance thing ...

First, you need to come up with a business plan. It doesn’t need to be anything that is complicated. It can be just a short paragraph about what you want to accomplish in your home business. Second, you need to write your goals down. Always write them down, don’t try and remember them. You will need to write down what you ...

Military husbands are staying home with the kids while the moms are off fighting. When you picture a military couple, one going off to fight a war, and the other taking on the role of the stay-at-home parent, society typically envisions the man off in battle and the woman home with the children. But with nearly 20 percent of the Air ...

Admit it. Who among us wasn’t psyched when we first heard Michelle Obama commit to make work/life balance issues a national priority? I mean, who couldn’t benefit from a little more national attention on achieving balance in our insanely hectic and overscheduled lives? So after the inauguration, I gave her a few weeks to get settled into her new home on ...

Corporate cutbacks? Not where it matters to working families, say our winners. Read about premier benefits that make life manageable.

Ahhh! The joys of summer break. I for one can’t wait for lazy days on the beach, cold lemonade on the porch mixed with long nights and even longer mornings sleeping in. Life doesn’t get much better than that. If any of you out there are anything like me you can’t wait for the end of the school year. The idea ...

Almost every working mom I know who works full-time has told me that she would love to do her job but on a part-time basis. And according to a survey that came out last year, "nearly 80% of women want to work part-time":http://pewresearch.org/pubs/536/working-women. Part-time work seems to be an ideal, most coveted arrangement for working moms - one that would allow ...

It seems that a growing craze these days are these places where you can put together meals in little baggies and containers and then take them home and make them at a later time. I have to admit, this did somewhat intrigue me when I first heard about it from a friend, but I didn't really do much in the way ...

Congratulations! You’re pregnant! Now what? Be happy. For thousands of women, conceiving can be time consuming and long process. If you are one of the lucky ones to get pregnant right away, even better… maybe. Hopefully, while you were trying to conceive you put some thought into how being pregnant would effect your career and life in general. If you didn’t, ...

Do you work from home part-time? I am not talking about the mom who works part-time somewhere to fulfill a part-time role. I am talking about a mom who stays at home and works part-time to fulfill part of a full-time role for next to no pay so she can fill some weird void. I have been conversing with a gentleman ...

Woman is ready for a job. Woman is highly qualified. Woman has dress clothes for business environment. Woman has transportation to get to job. But wait: Woman is also a mother. Woman has dilemma. Challenges are presented when a mother chooses to go to work. Most households require the woman to work. If she is a single mom, she has to ...

If you are reading this article, chances are it is because you want to become an A-list mom blogger, so let’s get right to the point, shall we? If you are going to become an A-list mom blogger, there are simple steps you need to take in order to realize your dream. It’s not going to be easy, but it is ...

Dubbed the “commander in sheath” by Vanity Fair and the “first lady of fashion” by ABC News, it’s little wonder why her wardrobe keeps us buzzing. But beyond her shoes and bags, what I hope more people will highlight is how helpful it is to have a new role model for a generation of mothers trying to figure out how to ...

Last week, the SuperManny somehow stumbled upon a very interesting topic with the kids. Somehow, someone posed the question: What would Brett’s action figure say? If you had a doll that looked just like Boo, with a string to pull… What would come out? SuperManny and Drue both immediately agreed it would be “For REAL.” (Based on a chain of statements, ...

Excerpt: All moms are working moms, and all moms face the challenge of prioritizing how they spend their time. Time management becomes absolutely critical, though, for mothers who must devote 40 to 50 precious hours a week to a job. For women in such situations, it’s crucial to streamline and simplify pretty much every imaginable area of life.

In response to the current economy, psychotherapist and Momlogic.com parenting expert Jill Spivack created a recession survival guide to help women develop coping strategies that include how to reduce costs, minimize stress and maintain healthy relationships.

Hi, Excelle community! I am thrilled to introduce myself to all of you. I thought I’d first come clean about something. While I am honored to be a featured writer, I am sort of in shock about it. You see, I went through college having only written one — ok maybe two — term papers. I was an Engineering major. We ...

I haven’t had a vacation since my maternity leave, if you’d like to call that a vacation. When the idea for my family to join nine other families for a beautiful vacation on Cape Cod came up, I enthusiastically accepted. When I thought of my impending trip during the six long months leading up to it, my mind would drift back ...

Your Health and Your Business Many of us who work from home, are just as bad as those who work outside of the house and still....WE DO NOT TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES. We still work 14-16 hour shifts, which includes family.  We must take care of ourselves if we want to be successful entrepreneurs.  Remember you are the boss. Take time to eat, ...

They run their businesses on everyone else’s schedules. Today’s “mompreneurs” do market research, line up publicity, and assemble purchase orders within little windows of time sandwiched between carpool, naptime, and grocery shopping. “It is multi-tasking at its finest,” explains Gabrielle DeSantis, co-owner with fellow mom Monica Hillman, of Gigi Hill Bags, a California handbag company that grew out of conversations shared ...