You are here: Home / Archives for Career

Confession: I’m Scared Every Day

Last December, I was in the biggest funk of my life. If I wasn't actively doing something with my kids, I was in the bed, attempting to sleep the day away. It hit me that the "sadness" I was feeling was actually depression and it stemmed from a number of things and past traumas that I never quite worked through. After seeing a therapist and making strides to get better, I decided that I was … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: #SurvivalGuide, Career, Education, Family, Featured, Health + Fitness, Love + Family, Money + School ·

#SmashYourGoals – 5 Steps To Successful Goal Setting (Part 5 – Reflect)

You’re reading my five-part goal setting series to help you #SmashYourGoals. Read the other four tips here. 1) Determine what YOU want 2) Visualization 3) Break your goals into bite-sized chunks 4) Do the damn work 5) Assess + Celebrate So you did some soul searching, you wrote down your goals, you made those goals manageable, then you rolled up your sleeves and went to work. Now … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: #SurvivalGuide, Career, Family, Featured, Money + School · Tagged:

#SmashYourGoals – 5 Steps To Successful Goal Setting (Part 4 – Do The Damn Work))

You’re reading my five-part goal setting series to help you #SmashYourGoals. Read the other four tips here. 1) Determine what YOU want 2) Visualization 3) Break your goals into reasonable steps 4) Do the work! This is the simplest and most basic step of all five. It's time to stop fooling around, to stop procrastinating, and just DO THE $%@$@%# WORK. Of course, this is where most people … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: #SurvivalGuide, Career, Education, Featured, Money + School · Tagged:

#SmashYourGoals – 5 Steps To Successful Goal Setting (Part 3 – Baby Steps)

You’re reading my five-part goal setting series to help you #SmashYourGoals. Read the other four tips here. 1) Determine what YOU want 2) Visualization 3) Break your goals into bite-sized chunks Everyone gives this advice but don't nobody listen. We live in a "dream BIG" culture. Everyone wants to reach for the stars, to stretch themselves out of their comfort zone, to do things they never … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: #SurvivalGuide, Career, Education, Featured, Money + School · Tagged:

#SmashYourGoals – 5 Steps To Successful Goal Setting (Part 2 – Visualization)

You’re reading my five-part goal setting series to help you #SmashYourGoals. Read the other four tips here. 1) Determine what YOU want 2) Visualization The simplest method of visualization is to just write.it.down. Grab your Smash Your Goals worksheet and a pencil and get to work. You can also do a vision board or some other method that makes your goals clear and plain to you. Researchers … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: #SurvivalGuide, Career, Education, Family, Featured, Love + Family, Money + School · Tagged:

#SmashYourGoals – 5 Steps To Successful Goal Setting (Part 1)

You're reading my five-part goal setting series to help you #SmashYourGoals. Read the other four tips here. 1) Determine what YOU want Not what your parents want. Not what you think you should want because of what society tells you. Not what you've wanted since you were a child because maybe those interests have shifted. Get clear on one thing. What do YOU want? This was the hardest step … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: #SurvivalGuide, Career, Education, Family, Featured, Love + Family, Money + School · Tagged:

She Inspires: Samantha Chuawongse, Teen Mom + YouTube Power Player

Last month I had the privilege of joining an amazing group of bloggers in L.A. for a fun event. Since we were mostly Millennial moms, there were tons of young mamas in attendance and we bonded over stories of breastfeeding in class and constantly being mistaken for the big sister. I met the funny, beautiful YouTuber Samantha Chuawongse, and am now obsessed with her videos. (Her makeup … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Family, Featured, Love + Family, She Inspires ·

She Inspires | Amanda Rodriquez, Creator of DudeMom.com

I had the recent privilege of joining an amazing group of bloggers (seriously, I've stalked followed their sites for years) in L.A. for a fun event. I met Amanda Rodriquez, creator of DudeMom.com, after becoming a fan a few years ago. She was kind and funny and I was envious of her shoe game the whole trip. I had to feature her on the site because I need you to get to know her too if you don't … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Career, Family, Featured, Love + Family, She Inspires ·
Next Page »