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For my boys, school is out for the summer, and that means “let the fun begin!”  After sitting inside all fall, winter, & spring, they are absolutely ready for a new pace.  Summer brings warm weather and ditching the jackets, longer days, and growth.  I am not talking about just the flowers growing and blooming, [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!
Remember when I ditched my cel phone for spring break with my family a few weeks ago?  The results were more than I expected. All parties involved seemed to be fairly impressed with the results.
Well, I have a new mompreneur challenge for myself and some to-do list pointers just in time for Mother’s [...]

Hello StartupNation! I am back from vacation - I actually got back on Sunday, but I needed to re-acquaint myself with my smart phone before I reported back to you how the separation went.  Well, the good news is I survived the week-long break from constant contact with the outer world, and I am here [...]

As a mom and entrepreneur, I straddle my time between 2 different departments for lack of a better explanation.  I have my business goals, obligations, and deadlines/timelines, BUT I also have a responsibility to my family. Most importantly, I need to make it a priority to enjoy real-time with my sons.  I am not who [...]

This morning as I lugged my gym bag, purse, and huge tote with my laptop all to my workout, so I could exercise, shower, and rush to a meeting, I was cursing myself.  I am certain that I was a bit over-packed which made me start thinking about what I absolutely needed for my day.  [...]

Recently, a fellow mompreneur-in-training tweeted me and wanted to know what I think makes a successful mompreneur?  I knew that I could not answer her back in a 140 characters or less so I promised her a blog post on the subject.  I immediately thought about the wave of emotions that accompanies being a mompreneur.
My [...]

When I first started on my entrepreneurial jag, an acquaintance called me dogged.  If you do not know me personally - there you have it, I am stubborn in my determination, obstinate, tenacious — just plain dogged.  So, when I decided  to be a mompreneur there was no turning back.  I was going to chase [...]

Hi gang,
I really dislike the phrase “weight loss”.  “Weight loss” implies something accidental, like “wow, I’ve lost my keys,” or “Wow, I must’ve lost my mind when I bought that Wham CD”.  Believe me, I have not “lost” weight. I know exactly what I did with it and where it went, thank you very much.
I [...]

Hi gang,
No, I don’t know exactly what number a  Gagillion is, but does it matter?  The point is that Apple is one of those amazing companies that has defied all odds.  Let’s face it - 10 years ago, this company was going down.  Steve Jobs was out - their small but feverish fan base for [...]

Six years ago, I was working 12-hour days. Wanting to get more done in less time, I started studying productivity principles. Now I never work more than 6 hours a day but I manage to get more done than before! Here are the tips that more than doubled my productivity and cut my work day [...]