Working Parent Resource

Our guest today has five awesome tips that can help you start to get more organized with your finances as a family, and she gives us some great steps to start to achieve our money goals.  I also love her approach to financial planning… it’s not all about sacrifice and deprivation, it’s extremely pragmatic.  So stay tuned to hear more.

Today I am going to be chatting with you a bit about my favorite productivity strategies and how I personally juggle all of the different things I’m doing these days.  My goal with this episode is to not only inspire you to start integrating those things into your life that are really meaningful and will fulfill you – because I think we all really need that as working parents – but also to give you real strategies that you can apply to your own life that aren’t just going to distract you. 

In this episode we talk a lot about why conflict doesn’t have to be a bad thing in your relationship, and in fact, why experiencing conflict in your relationship really means you’re probably with the perfect person.  We also dive into some specific tools couples can use to re-connect if they’ve been feeling distant or if they’ve been bickering with each other more than usual.

Today we chat about how to process those overwhelming emotions that come up when you return to work after having your baby. We also talk about how to deal with the judgment we face when we become a working parent, and standing up to the expectations of others that we stay home with our kids. And you'll learn about the conversations they’re having in Washington around the struggles facing working families.

We all become a parent the day our first child joins our family.  But it took me a little time to realize what taking on that role would really mean in my life.  So today I want to go through the process I went through, some of the discoveries I made about myself and about my role as a parent, and I’ll talk a bit about how this shift in my perspective really changed the way I approached being a parent forever. 

Today I chat with Becky Burgess about the struggles that come with constantly adapting to our kids' changing schedules and needs. We also talk about how we shut out all of the judgments and advice and tap into our own instincts about the best way to be a parent in our own, unique lives (and how we can keep our own judgments in check).

In this episode, my goal is to help you start distinguishing between the things that may be causing unnecessary stress in your life, and which things you may want to pay some more attention to.  We really do already have enough pressure on us as parents… hopefully this conversation can help alleviate at least some of that in your life.

Our show today is all about finding yourself again after becoming a parent, and we dive specifically into the challenges and struggles that can come up for moms during that postpartum phase of parenthood.  Judy is an expert on helping new moms integrate who they used to be before having kids into who they are becoming after they have a new baby.  

I know if you’re a working parent, you’ve probably uttered these words more than once.  When people ask how you’re doing, you respond “I’m so busy!  I just can’t keep up!”  When you’re running late to yet another meeting or appointment or even a fun social engagement, you quickly say “I’m so sorry I’m late, I just don’t know where the time went!”  And when I ask working parents what they’re biggest struggle is, they don’t even pause before they say: “I just don’t have e

Today we're talking about the interviews Suzanne has conducted with over a hundred working moms about how they created their own part-time and flexible work situations without having to take a step back in their careers. She describes the amazing variety of solutions other working moms have used to create more time for their families and themselves.

There was a moment on my path as a working mom where I hit rock bottom, so to speak.  There was a point where I saw the type of life I was living, and I knew I couldn’t continue going on that way.  In my story today, I’m going to paint a picture of what my life looked life BEFORE this moment.  Then I’ll go through the transformation that took place for me, and then I’ll give you an idea of what the AFTER picture looks like now too.

I want these shows to trigger a conversation about this issues facing working parents more than anything. I want to kick off some honest and thoughtful discussions about the topics that are relevant to all of us as working parents, which include but are definitely not limited to: Time Management & Life Balance, Marriage & Relationships, Self Care & Self Development, Mindfulness & Presence, Parenting & Child Development.