Personal Relationships
8 Things Not to Say to a Woman Who Doesn’t Want Children
This post originally appeared on Career Girl Network in May 2012. In honor of Mother’s Day and its popularity last year, we’re bringing it back for a second run. This may seem like an odd addition to our Mother’s Day ... Read More »
6 Things Not to Say to a Woman Battling Infertility
This post originally appeared on Career Girl Network in May 2012. In honor of Mother’s Day and its popularity last year, we’re bringing it back for a second run. Just before Mother’s Day in 2010, along with many women around ... Read More »
Why You Need to Do Things Without Your Significant Other
If you’re a fan of The Real Housewives of NYC, you no doubt remember the huge debate that ensued in one of the first seasons of the show between Alex and Ramona when Alex brought her husband Simon with her ... Read More »
How to Connect with Anyone
Whether you are looking for new business, a new job, the love of your life (or maybe just a date for Friday night!), networking is an unavoidable fact of life. Most of us don’t love to do it and could ... Read More »
You Are Not the Center of the Universe: Be A Part of the Team!
“That wasn’t in my job description.” “I didn’t make the mess; I shouldn’t have to clean it up.” “I’m tired of always having to be the one to pick up the slack–I’m not doing it anymore.” “Why is that ... Read More »
Understanding Our Moms
Are you ready to chat about moms? Yea, me too. For quite a few women, on the surface, this doesn’t seem like a relevant conversation. My goal in this is neither to get you to like your mom ... Read More »
Let’s Talk Moms
Recent work I’ve been doing in my office has really struck a chord with a bigger audience about a relationship with someone we don’t often talk about and have major assumptions we’ve placed onto the person and the relationship. ... Read More »
Talking About Your Kids at Work: How Much is Too Much
Parent or not, we’ve all been in an awkward situation talking about someone’s children. You politely ask, “How old are your children?” and 30 minutes later, you’ve heard about not just Jackie, Johnny, and Susie’s age, but their likes and ... Read More »
Supporting Your Job Searching Friends (Without Getting Your Head Bitten Off)
We’ve all been through it, your incredibly talented, beautiful, and dynamic best friend just got fired or laid off. She’s down and out, she’s depressed, she isn’t believing in her abilities, and as her friend, you just don’t know what ... Read More »
Let’s Call a Truce
Over the last few months, I noticed a Huffington Post blog: Stay-At-Home Moms: What You Should NEVER Say to Them. A short while later, there was another one: What Not To Say to a Working Mom. Both posts went ... Read More »
