Girls, I am taking my annual 4-week July blogging break. I do this every year for my mental wellbeing, and for the quality of this blog. It is my gift to myself. It is not easy to continuously keep things fresh, relevant and interesting, so every July, I rest my blogging brain to come back recharged, refreshed, and ready to give you more.
Over the next four weeks, I will be working, relaxing and traveling. My kids leave today for camp, and I want to take in the last moments before they go.
In the post-infomercial age, inventors grapple with getting the word out about their products
If you’re a woman with long hair who likes to swim, Erica Diamond is pretty sure you want her new product, the Hadry, a humidity-resistant hair cover that looks similar to a turban or do-rag.
The Montreal-based entrepreneur got the idea for the Hadry after seeing a young woman playing with her son in a pool while wearing a shower cap to keep her hair dry. Realizing there might be a market for a more fashionable solution, Diamond got in touch with a manufacturer and launched a business.
If you’re a woman with long hair who likes to swim, Erica Diamond is pretty sure you want her new product, the Hadry, a humidity-resistant hair cover that looks similar to a turban or do-rag. The Montreal-based entrepreneur got the idea for the Hadry after seeing a young woman playing with her son in a pool…
Sometimes, you’ve gotta just roll with the punches!
You wake up ready to do a serious TV segment about networking. How to nail networking and do it effectively. How to get proper return on your investment (events can be expensive), and get your brand in front of the right captive audience. How to nail your elevator pitch.
You get the gist of it…
So you’re trying to be all serious, and then you fart on live tv.
An increasing number of women are taking a few years off from their careers to…
Following your dreams is not for the faint of heart. The truth is a lot of stuff will go right and a lot of stuff will go wrong. At the end of the day, to persevere you have to be able to say, “I’m going for it. I’m taking my leap. F*CK IT.”
It is better to prevent burnout at work than to treat it after it happens. Once someone enters this dull routine from which one only craves to escape, it requires serious involvement and sometimes psychological treatment.
But is there a way to prevent burnout without experiencing and treating it? The answer is yes!
What you need to do is to pay attention to the following signs that put you in the risk group to burn out at work:
It was three years ago today, that I sat nervously in the green room of Global Television. I was starting my new weekly job as the Parenting and Lifestyle Correspondent on The Morning News.
Despite an accumulative 3.8 GPA, winning the ‘Most Athletic Award’ in high trumped all scholastic achievements.
It was all worth it: Hours playing soccer and baseball in the elementary school boys leagues; hours driving from one practice to the next, flying from one tournament to the next; hours learning how to juggle as night fell, refusing to stop until I beat the previous night’s count; hours on the ice, freezing; hours working out before class during off-season.
As silly as winning a football-shaped hat was, dubbed “Most Athletic” seemed like a monumental life achievement.
Do you hear that sound?
It’s the sound of the home stretch. The approach of the end of another year. Christmas, Nat King Cole and reindeers, BOXING DAY! It’s also the time where I close up the blogging shop for 2 weeks to spend time with my family. As you know, it’s my gift I give myself every July and December. I rest the mind, and come back rested and rejuvenated with fresh content in January.
No, this post isn’t about how the economy will perform next year.
It’s about asking for what you’re worth, in your existing job or in a new one.
As women, we tend to be afraid to negotiate. A meaningless fear? Not entirely. Harvard University researcher Hannah Bowles has shown that women who ask for more money are more likely to be negatively perceived than men who ask.
I help busy women (like you!) prioritize self-care so you can experience less stress, more calm and greater joy every day!
