Being a single mom is hard. And beautiful. I was a single mom for nine years. It was not easy. It was not cool. It was definitely not what I signed up for—or

Oh, the things you moms can do… When the kids go back to school! I know there are some of you mamas who absolutely love

For many executives and business owners, networking is a non-negotiable part of marketing and generating leads. When you are passionate about what you do,

I have a sweet friend who lost her husband very unexpectedly. In the midst of the shock and grief, figuring out their personal finances

Lots of women love their jobs. That is truly something to be celebrated! But many women are in transition, working one place to gain

It may be time for all of us to stop obsessing about our purpose. Does that statement shock you? I can assure you it did

In his book Doing Good Is Simple, Chris Marlow issues a profound four words of motivation: “Get in the boat.” Marlow is a North Carolina pastor

The biggest mistake you can make in your career is not something you goof up on the job, like forgetting part of your pitch

I had a job once with great income and opportunity, but I didn’t like it. Some of the people I worked with were really

A friend of mine gifted me a coveted Fiddleleaf Fig tree before moving across the country. You know what they are—just open any interior

So you have a job that you don’t like or don’t find fulfilling. Welcome to the club! Most of us have had more than one job

I have never been able to reconcile my seesawing beliefs about suicide. About the suicide of my first husband, Gary. He was handsome, fit, smart, playful,

I wouldn’t have given it a name, the gut-wrenching, upside down and inside out change in my life. But I was at a weekend

I’ve been reading about capsule wardrobes for a couple of years, and we’ve written about them before. You can find that article here. They intrigue

Post-traumatic Growth sounds like an oxymoron; growth after trauma. But after talking with some childhood cancer survivors, I realized I know a lot of

My shopping strategy has transitioned somewhat over the past couple of years since two things happened: I got connected to Instagram, and I stopped

If you’re a professional woman happy with the career you’ve chosen, chances are you always keep an eye out for opportunities to move up

Colorful bolts of fabric vied with the whir of multiple sewing machines for our attention as we stepped out of the heat and dust

We recently had to put a new, expensive tile roof on our house and we didn’t have enough to pay for the entire job,

From the time we were little girls, we have had to defend ourselves from something. The whispered lies of self-seeking childhood playmates. The gossip

Two days before my husband and I left for a bucket-list Alaskan cruise in July, North Korean’s mass-murdering dictator Kim Jon-un announced he had

It’s still summer, your days ripe with swimming and popsicles and vacations, and then you get it … a reminder. Whether it's from your