Thankful to to Have These Conversations

I’m so thankful for this project. When starting this project, I didn’t give a lot of thought to what I was asking moms to share. I work part-time and manage my family and so I know it takes patience, multi-tasking and constant course-correction to keep the...

100% Mom Plus

We’ve heard from a few moms we’ve interviewed about being 100% mom and work on top of that. I would think most moms want to be 100% mom and working full-time seems like another 100%. I have always said I want to be 100% mom and a part-time professional. It’s even a...

Time to Give Back

Now that Halloween is behind us and Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, it’s that time when we start to think of being grateful and finding ways to “give back” to our community. Many of the moms we’ve talked to have said that they work part-time to improve...

Mental Space During the Holidays

A mom we interviewed recently talked about moving to part-time work to give herself mental space, which really resonated with me. And I decided that I’m going to work on giving myself extra “space” during the holidays. The holidays are usually a time to spend with...

Halloween Hoopla: How much is too much?

Rituals are the stuff of childhood memories. And it’s becoming more and more clear that rituals help kids not only build memories, but also feel secure, provide a sense of control and create connections as part of a family unit. Naturally, I want to establish family...