Love Your Pet? Here Are Some Summer Pet Care Tips
All the signs of spring are around us. If you’re not already enjoying the warmer weather, chances are you have plans for the months ahead. Just remember that your furry friend requires consideration...
View Article5 Ways To Stop Fueling The Fires of Judgement
We’ve all heard the phrase, “people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones” and yet, when it comes to judging others, it seems that a lot of people are tossing an awful lot of thoughtless pebbles....
View ArticleHow to Be Limitless in Your Life and Career
We all have a similar goal. We want success to feel meaningful, we want our work to matter. But it doesn’t. And we feel stuck. No matter how hard we hustle and grind toward success, or how much we...
View ArticleTips for Seeking Out a Mentor from Successful Women Who Have Done It
Seeking out a mentor can be hard. Where do you look? How do you ask? However, mentorship can be a valuable tool in your career growth. In fact, people who have had a mentor are 130 percent more likely...
View ArticleThree Ways Women Hold Themselves Back – And What To Do About It
Have you ever felt like you just weren’t good enough to apply for a position… despite meeting all the qualifications? Do you ever feel the need to change yourself… because it makes other people feel...
View ArticleMore Women in Business Means More Cash for Women and Their Employers
Did you know that based on a recent research study from McKinsey, the most ethnically diverse companies are 35% more likely to outperform the least ethnically diverse companies. As well, Catalyst...
View ArticleWhy Managing Remotely Is So Tough—and Eight Ways to Make It Easier
Managing remotely has quickly become the norm in today’s work world. And yet, it’s not easy. With more employees working remotely or on flex schedules, it can be tough to create the kind of connection...
View ArticleWhy You Should Consider a Flexible Job as a New College Grad
You’ve walked the aisle, received your diploma, and taken photos with your excited family and friends. Congrats! You’ve graduated college—now what? The journey of finding a job can be different for...
View ArticleFive Steps for the Introvert Who Wants to Move Up
You are doing a perfectly competent job—maybe even a brilliant one—but make sure you aren’t toiling away in a bubble. As an introvert, your natural ability to reflect is an asset in many contexts, but...
View ArticleHELP WANTED: HOW TO AVOID ROOKIE MISTAKES ON A JOB INTERVIEW
Whether you are in college seeking an internship, or further on in your career and looking to advance your position, making basic and careless mistakes on a job interview can cost you that opportunity...
View ArticleLessons on Creativity from Salvador Dali
It’s common for many of us to feel as if we’re in a creative rut. Long hours, travel, and monotonous daily tasks undoubtedly stifle creativity, and often it can be hard to find ways to get out of these...
View ArticleIt’s National Volunteer Month – Volunteering Helps Your Community, Career and...
Volunteering is at an all-time high in the U.S., according to a November 2018 report by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). In 2017, 30.3% of adults volunteered through an...
View ArticleHere’s How Phone Addiction Could Be Affecting Your Career and Your Life
The invention of the cell phone revolutionized life as we know it. In a matter of years, the magic of the smartphone, in particular, has brought the world together in ways that would have been...
View ArticleWhy Every Adult Should (And Can!) Understand Basic Finance
As a financial planner I’ve seen how intimidated most people are by finance. I see lots of clients who don’t understand basic finance, thus they have avoided managing (or “dealing with”) their money...
View ArticleMoving Overseas For Your Spouse’s Job? The Most Important Thing You Will Pack...
For over thirty years, I enjoyed a career in the world of non-profit organizations: fundraising for organizations I admired (such as PBS); helping corporations and foundations make strategic...
View ArticleThe Abyss Named Shirley – Looking In To See All of Who I Am
I have an Abyss. That place I tuck all the things that frighten me, that make me feel small. The memories that make me cringe, years later, reminding me that I’m completely irrelevant to the real...
View ArticleHow to Make a Living Doing What You Love
Are you one of those who feels like quitting your job every Sunday afternoon and start every Monday dreaming of how you can make it through to Friday? Many of us think that our lives would just be...
View ArticleThe Three Components of Successfully Using Humor in the Workplace
I’ve enjoyed every job I’ve ever had. That’s not to say I’ve had inherently fun jobs–cart-pusher at a grocery store, order fullfiller in a factory, resident advisor, project manager, speaker–but I have...
View ArticleNeed Resilience? Take a Lesson From Scarlett O’Hara
Resilience and You The American Psychological Association defines resilience as ‘the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress — such...
View ArticleThings to Consider Before You Quit Your Job and Go Freelance
It’s becoming more common for people to take on freelancing gigs, leaving their seemingly stable jobs for the more unsettled but flexible life of a full-time freelancer. Millions of people have taken...
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