A Secret to Success as a Working Mom: Turn Burn Out Into Bliss and Embrace Joy

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Last weekend my youngest was committed to going to the "Water Steps" a man-made water fall in Pittsburgh by the rivers. (Fun Fact: Three rivers converge in Pittsburgh--The Ohio River, The Monongahela River, and the Allegheny River.)  He kept asking. I knew he was serious when he said, "If you won't take me, I'll ask  daddy!" Given that it was highly unlikely that would happen on an unscheduled day, I relented. So, we went. It wasn’t planned in the way most things in my life are. No calendar block. No checklist. No “productive” purpose attached. And, so in some respects it was uncomfortable. And yet, it seemed necessary. It was the idea of my 8-year-old—offered with the kind of urgency only children possess when something is profoundly important to them.
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Four Personal Practices to Help Working Moms Find Work Life Integration

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This blog does two things. It shares my journey as a working mom and provides my sisters in the struggle with tips about how to better manage their responsibilities as working moms and how to lead better, more productive, and more satisfying lives. 

Recently, I read an inspiring article, “Forget ‘Lean In’: Here’s How to Define Your Success as a Working Mother” discussing an approach to succeeding at the working mom game.
She says that she doesn’t strive for balance. Instead, she has created a life that incorporates her responsibilities as a mother and an executive. It is by living this integrated life that she has achieved satisfaction.

As I tell my clients, and those in the audience during presentations, work/life balance is a fiction. You have one life with many components. It is your responsibility to figure out how to make them all work together. This piece had some good points. Check it out!


  1. Make trade-offs: dropping my preschooler off at school once a week or taking that 5:30 p.m. call from the car.
  2. Declare priorities: getting home for dinner knowing there will be a little late night email.
  3. Ask for help: thank goodness for meal delivery services and handyman companies.
  4. Breathe: which works for my toddler and it works for me too!

To read the article in Working Mothers Magazine, click here. 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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