Flexibility for working mothers requires a multidimensional view.
Standing on the Down Escalator
Assumptions on doing, non-doing, and standing on the down escalator.
Traveling Mom: Pack Light, Carry Worry Dolls
Worrying when you travel without the kids?
Women’s Work… That’s WHAT, Exactly?
“Women’s Work.” Does such a thing still exist?
What Makes You a Mother?
Maternity, adoption, motherhood… what really makes you a mother?
Stigma
It used to be illegitimacy. Or abortion. Or divorce. Stigma was attached to actions that were overtly or tacitly unacceptable. The consequence was banishment from the fold. Being shunned by those whose approval you wanted. Whose love you needed. Some of the reasons may have shifted, but stigma remains a part of western culture. Children […]
Clocking time
Are your dreams on hold? Are you floating in a perpetual state of waiting? One more number? One more indistinguishable face in the crowd, chasing through an exhausting schedule that seems like nothing more than clocking time? You’re following the hour hand and the minute hand with your eyes, listening to the slow ticking of […]