I’ve been interested in talking about those “pink elephants in the living room” (you know, the stuff that people don’t want to talk about but you KNOW is there) since I was a kid. It’s no surprise then that one of my favorite childhood stories was The Emperor’s New Clothes. It thrilled me when, in that story, one brave little child had the audacity to shout out, “The Emperor is naked!” And the truth is, children are truth-tellers from birth, until it is socialized out of them. When I taught school, …

As a mompreneur, how do you see yourself? Do you view yourself primarily as an at-home mom who also works from home? Or, do you see yourself as a mom who works at home because you feel passionate about being there for your kids and equally passionate about running your own business? I ask these questions because, the other day, I heard one woman tell another, “Well, you don’t know what it’s like to be a working mom; you work from home.” This same mom then went on to say, …

I must confess. There are times that working from home  and seeing the housework that awaits  really bums me out. There’s nothing that can set me off more than waking up to the same ol’ dog hair, dirty dishes, and piled laundry. Plus, while I want our home to be a comfy refuge, I often don’t want want to do what it takes to make it one.  And then there’s the fact that I feel pulled in a million directions with my family and my business. But that’s another post.
For me, …

You’ve heard the phrase, “It’s no use crying over spilled milk?” Well, yesterday, I spilled my entire greek salad on the floor of my van. And I didn’t even get to take one bite before the entire contents were dumped, and quickly inedible. I wanted to cry. I had just been in the grocery store and was starving. Chips and cookies called my name. Lemon cake (my favorite flavor) whispered sweet nothings in my ear, promising to love me back if I would only partake. But no! I quickly remembered my goal of …