10 Books for Mom – For The Mom Who Does It All
Mothers can be the most influential person in a woman’s life and each year we get to celebrate the mothers who love, cherish and support their children and those most important to them. Whether...
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Too Many Men: How Female Photographer Vicky Grout is Slaying the Grime Scene
Grime music has really shot up in popularity over the last few years with artists such as Skepta and Stormzy making headlines in papers and festivals more and more often. Photographer Vicky Grout has...
Things 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 on side...
The 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 found ways...
The proof is in the paper
There is nothing more frustrating than hearing the tell-tale beep from the printer mid-way through a print job. Paper jam! After my last adventure in clearing a paper jam, I decided to look into...
How 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...
The 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...
Moving Overseas For Your Spouse’s Job? The Most Important Thing You Will Pack is Patience
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 philanthropic decisions; serving on the boards...
Why 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 all...
Here’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...