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...

Book update — 62 interviews done!!!

In order to write this book, we felt like it was critical that we talk to moms all over the United States doing all different types of work at all different points in their careers, working as solopreneurs all the way to moms working for major corporations. I mean,...

Suzanne's part-time work story

Even before we had our first child, I shared with my husband that I wanted to be a full-time mom and a part-time professional.   It was an interesting discussion over several weeks or maybe even months that was uncomfortable at times. At that point, I wasn’t sure how...