Life’s too short to hate your job

Happiness equals loving your work

Browsing around on Facebook this morning I came across a great post on the Harvard Business Review about the relationship between mentors and mentees. A favorite topic of mine, I read the entire post and took away some great ideas from it, which I'll talk about in another post. The author of the … [Read more...]

Essay Contest Winner- From Fear to Faith: One mom’s journey to living out her dreams

This is a winning essay submission for the essay contest here at Mom Biz Coach. Submitted by: Christine St.Vil   From Fear to Faith: One mom’s journey to living out her dreams Today, I am living my dream! I make my own schedule on a daily basis….or should I say, my kids make my … [Read more...]

Featured Mobile Mompreneur: Dixie Lee

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It's my pleasure to announce the winner of the HP ProBook 4425s that I partnered with HP to give away last week. Congratulations goes to Dixie Lee of BackroadsSolutions.com! I asked Dixie to tell us a little bit about herself and the difference the HP ProBook will make for her and her … [Read more...]

How to Monetize Your Passion

I just love talking to mom entrepreneurs about passion, work and money all in the same sentence :). So tomorrow, I'll be doing just that. As part of the WoMEN: What Mom Entrepreneurs Need Teleseminar Series, I'm going to interview Rich German, author of "Monetize Your Passion: Follow Your Heart and … [Read more...]

How to Work With Passion

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I spent a fantastic hour today interviewing Nancy Anderson, a wife, mother, counselor and author of Work With Passion in Midlife and Beyond: Reach Your Full Potential and Make the Money You Need. What a breath of fresh air! There were so many nuggets of wisdom that Nancy shared with me and my … [Read more...]

WAHMs: Is it time to give up on balance?

I've been having some great conversations with mompreneurs and work at home moms on the topic of "balance" lately, and specifically how it relates to the goal of work/life balance. Seems like we've spent the last decade or so trying to achieve this balance thing, but it may be a concept whose … [Read more...]

How Women Are Changing Business

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While my business coaching is aimed at supporting mom entrepreneurs, I came across this very inspiring article in Time Magazine recently that illustrates a trend I'm happy to see in the corporate world. Women are different than men, and it turns out we do business differently than men. Well, I'm … [Read more...]

Does Your Website Speak to Your Readers?

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Many of us mompreneurs try to protect or hide the fact that we're also solopreneurs, a company of one. Why? For most, we're concerned that we won't be seen as credible, professional, established, or simply "big enough" as compared to our competitors who have whole departments working for … [Read more...]

Women Define Success Differently

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I have had many conversations about the definition of success over the last four years since I became a life coach. At the risk of making a sexist generalization, I truly believe that women, especially moms, define success differently from men. My definition of success completely changed once I … [Read more...]

Are you feeling guilty about being a mom entrepreneur?

I love my job. I love to work. I actually enjoy the thing I get paid to do. And I'm in good company. Many mom entrepreneurs have found a way to make money doing work they love. Our work is a source for our creativity, passion, ambition, purpose, and various talents. Doing our work validates us, … [Read more...]