As a busy working mom of two, one of my biggest frustrations is getting a healthy dinner on the table every night. Seems these little people in my house need to be fed again and again, day after day! (Not to mention the fact that they have these OPINIONS about foods they like and dislike…sheesh.) Mastering meal planning comes and …
Fall Coaching Session Announced
I have been leading a Success Group of Mompreneurs from the amazing VEND group the last three months and I am astounded at the growth each person has made. The group has worked on personal things like understanding their needs and values and clearing limiting beliefs and professional things like goal setting and increasing visibility and revenue. They have been …
How to Make Summer Work Work
Remember being a kid and the start of summer vacation? It meant FREEDOM, ice cream, skinned knees in the driveway, bug bites, late nights playing outside, and days at the pool. For about 2 weeks. Then it meant boredom and screaming “MOOOOOM what can I do NOW!?” Well, guess what? Now I am Mom. And now summer vacation is here …
Getting Your Store Online
Raleigh small business owners, looking to get your store online? Local website designer Cori Nevruz tells you what you need to know. Creating a website for your business can be a big undertaking. There is so much to do and consider. Adding an online store to your website brings in another component that adds to the complexity. Take …
Strategies for Balancing Life at Home
Wow, I can’t believe we are halfway through our year-long SuperMoms Anonymous series! I hope everyone has found at least one or two tips that you have put to good use in your own struggle for work/life balance. This month is all about getting more control over your home life. As a busy mom and entrepreneur, I get asked all …
Our Life Coaches Chime In On Momastery’s TED Talk
Last week Glennon Doyle Milton of Momastery gave her first TED Talk, All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in the Mental Hospital. If you aren’t familiar with Glennon, mom blogger, the name of her blog is not “Mom mastery” but a play on the word Monastery. She refers to her followers as Monkees. Glennon speaks the truth of …
Five Tips for Working from Home with Kids
I’ve run my photography business from an office in my home for a few years now, and although I am definitely no expert in this area, I thought for this month’s SuperMoms Anonymous series I would share a few tips on how to optimize working from home when you have kids underfoot. OFFICE SPACEHaving a room or even just a …
Are You Repelling Money?
It took me two years to figure out the reason why I was running two businesses and was still making ends meet through the use of credit cards. For a long time, this is what my business looked like: • Get a client, make some money • Decrease my rates because someone said they couldn’t afford my services • …
Silencing the Critic Within
I have a quotable magnet on my bulletin board in my office that reads “What would you do if you knew you wouldn’t fail.” When I take the time to ponder it, my mind spins off countless big ideas and new creative marketing ideas to move my business forward. I spend a day or two planning, fiddling with my website, …
Ten Tips to Make Your Disney Trip Magical
It was such a pleasure to have the opportunity to spend the morning last week with Vend Raleigh moms talking about Disney! I know it’s a super busy time of year with Mothers Day, Teacher Appreciation and end of school year (oh how can it be) activities gearing up so I wanted to take a minute and share some of my top …